Value Faith 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 up. In…
Critical Thinking
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 the surface.…
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 fallacy. It…
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. We defer…
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 sounds safe,…
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 extremes, success…
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 gets mistaken for truth. The…
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 our closest relationships, many times…
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 arguments, both online and offline.…
Truth Has Rules: The Basic Laws of Logic and Objective Thinking
From the beginning of time everyone has always had an opinion about something or someone, and only a few pause…