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Canard

An assertion which is simple, widely-accepted and wrong. The derivation is uncertain but it is thought to come from the French vendre un canard à moitié, to half-sell a duck (i.e., not to make the deal at all).

Usually used to dismiss an unwelcome truth: “That old canard about nuclear energy being dangerous . . .”.

Related entries:

Self-Evident, Fallacies.

David Fleming

Dr David Fleming (2 January 1940 – 29 November 2010) was a cultural historian and economist, based in London, England. He was among the first to reveal the possibility of peak oil's approach and invented the influential TEQs scheme, designed to address this and climate change. He was also a pioneer of post-growth economics, and a significant figure in the development of the UK Green Party, the Transition Towns movement and the New Economics Foundation, as well as a Chairman of the Soil Association. His wide-ranging independent analysis culminated in two critically acclaimed books, 'Lean Logic' and 'Surviving the Future', published posthumously in 2016. These in turn inspired both BAFTA-winning director Peter Armstrong's feature film about Fleming's perspective and legacy - 'The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?' - and the unique and enduring 'Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time' online community, developed with Vermont's Sterling College. For more information on all of the above, including Lean Logic, click the little globe below!