Middle of the Road
Latin Name
Argumentum ad Temperantiam
Other Names
Argument to Moderation, False Compromise, Middle Ground, Fallacy of the Mean
Description
When you assume that the compromise or average between two views must be the correct choice. In other words it is to say that if one person says "A", and another says "C", then the answer must be "B".
Example
My doctor says that BeefcakeTM supplements are useless but my fitness coach says I should take six per day so I averaged them out and take three per day.
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