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Logical Fallacy of Exaggeration / Stretching the Truth / OverstatementThe logical fallacy of exaggeration / stretching the truth / overstatement occurs when a point is made by saying something that would be true, but the truth has been distorted in some way. Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Exaggeration / Stretching the Truth / Overstatement
Bethe actually just proposed that stars are powered by nuclear fusion. Bill stretched this into "discovering the process by which stars create all these elements."
Bill makes it sound like these layers were counted. They were not. There are no distinct rings, but they are calculated using circular reasoning. 
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