Appeal to the Force

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Appeal to the Force is a logical fallacy which can only be committed by a powerful Jedi or Sith. It involves the irrational persuasion of the other party to accept one's point of view by means of the Force via Jedi mind tricks. This is fallacious since the fact that one may be able to change another's mind on an issue by using the Force does not demonstrate that the new position the changed person's mind has accepted is true. You may be a powerful Jedi who is very strong with the Force, but that does not mean that these aren't the droids we're looking for. You have to prove that they are not the droids we are looking for using valid logical reasoning.