Correlation is NOT Always Causation: Understanding Causal Fallacies
Somehow we all like to tell stories. We want the world to make sense, so our minds naturally…
Blame-Shifting Logic: The Deception of the Appeal to Hypocrisy Fallacy
Take a minute to remember an argument in the past or a debate where one person calls out…
The Emotional Manipulation of Logic: How The Appeal to Pity Fallacy Works
I can bet that we have all been there, listening to someone explain their mistake or justify a…
Smoke Screens and Distractions: The Red Herring in Arguments
In the world of reasoning and debate, not every distraction is accidental. Some are carefully crafted to divert…
Too Fast, Too Flawed: The Hasty Generalizations Fallacy
Yes and obviously, we live in a world that moves fast, too fast for truth to always catch…
When Conclusions Become Premises: The Self-Defeating Logic of Circular Arguments
I am sure you have encountered it before, an argument that sounds confident, assertive, and even logical on…
Sliding into Speculation: The Danger of The Slippery Slope Fallacy
You know, in logic, few fallacies are as emotionally persuasive and as subtly deceptive as the slippery slope…
Trust, But Verify: The Subtle Trap of The Appeal to Authority Fallacy
It is very very much human nature to trust people who seem to know more than we do.…
The Absence of Evidence is Not The Evidence of Absence: The Ignorance Fallacy
For many people there is a certain comfort in claiming, “Well, you can not prove me wrong.” It…
Beyond Either/Or: Escaping the Trap of the False Dilemma (False Dichotomy)
If you watch the news a lot you will notice that we live in a world that loves…