Smoke Screens and Distractions: The Red Herring in Arguments
In the world of reasoning and debate, not every distraction is accidental. Some are carefully…
Critical Thinking
Too Fast, Too Flawed: The Hasty Generalizations Fallacy
Yes and obviously, we live in a world that moves fast, too fast for truth…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Crowd is NOT Always Right: The Deceptive Effect of The Bandwagon Fallacy
I am sure that you know that we live in an age where popularity often…
Attack The Argument, Not The Person: Understanding The Ad Hominem Fallacy
In any and many discussions whether it is online, offline, in politics, or even within…
The Strawman Fallacy: How We Misrepresent Others (and Let Others Misrepresent Us)
Obviously I am sure we can agree that we live in an age of endless…