Wat betekent red herring in het Engels en wat is de definitie van red herring?

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0 a fact, idea, or subject that takes people's attention away from the central point being considered:
- The police investigated many clues, but they were all red herrings.
1 something that takes attention away from a more important subject:
- Racism was not a factor in the case – that was a red herring thrown in by the defense lawyers.

Specification is a red herring, and the theory of the global array is a (probably inadequate) solution to a non-problem.
In other words, popular consensus, or a shared moral universe, may be something of a red herring.
Citing spiders (or bees) is simply a red herring.
This reference to history is a red herring.
This whole debate, in fact, seems like a red herring.
But it proves to be a red herring.
Frankly, we think this notion is nothing but a red herring that detracts from the problem at hand.
As with any red herring, if we are to succeed in solving the puzzle correctly we must resist the temptation to fish for it.