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Logical Fallacy of Poisoning the Well / DiscreditingThe Logical Fallacy of Poisoning the Well / Discrediting occurs when an ad hominem attack is launched by exposing negative information (whether true or false) about the other person/position in hopes of swaying the minds of the audience against the other person/position rather than relying on sound argument. Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Poisoning the Well / DiscreditingA worker makes derogatory remarks to the boss about a coworker. An Atheist attempts to discredit the qualified scientists who don't believe the Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story. 
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