Types of Fallacies
Worst possible consequence immediately.
What is the slippery slope?
Every time you roll the dice, it's 50-50.
What is the gambler's fallacy?
If you get an EV, next thing you know, you'll be stranded in the middle of the desert!
What is the Slippery Slope?
What is a Bandwagon fallacy?
"C'mon, sniff this heroin. Everyone at this party is doing it!
What is the Bandwagon?
Calling names instead of dealing with issues
What is Ad Hominem (Arguing against the man)?
"Judge, you're going to charge me for parking? But the sign said, "Fine for Parking Here".
What is the ambiguous or equivocation fallacy?
I need a raise of $100 a week because my wife got COVID, my kid's starting school, and I sprained my wrist really bad.
What is Appeal to Pity / Emotion Fallacy?
You need to stamp your feet on the floor three times before you get in bed to have a good night's sleep.
What is False Cause / Ad Hoc fallacy?
Peppers are the easiest vegetable to grow because I think peppers are the easiest vegetable to grow.
What is the Circular Argument (begging the question)?
Jumping to a conclusion based on small evidence.
What is a hasty generalization?
As a result of this fallacy, many people are fearful of highly unlikely events, such as terrorism, shark attacks, and strangers kidnapping their children.
What is the Anecdotal Fallacy?
"You left the bathroom as a big mess again."
"So what you want? Us to never speak to each other again?"
What is the Straw Man fallacy?
If you want to be healthy, you MUST stop drinking coffee. I saw that on a fitness vlog.
What is the Tu Quoque fallacy?
'everybody, always, never, nobody, all, none?
What is an unqualified generalization; sweeping generalization?
This fallacy led to the Civil War.
What's the Middle Ground Fallacy?
I got my kid a calculator, and his grade in Math went down. Therefore, calculators are bad for math classes.
What is the Ad Hoc or False Cause Fallacy?
If you don’t support my decision, you were never really my friend.
What is the Either/Or or False Dilemma fallacy?
"Wow, Dad, it's really hard to make a living on my salary."
Father: "Consider yourself lucky, son. Why, when I was your age, I only made $40 a week."
Red herring
Compromise over unequal, abhorrent practices versus morality
What is the middle ground fallacy?
I'm going to use that SuperDuster because Taylor Swift has one.
What is the False Authority fallacy?
You cannot vote for him. He's always at the bar with a glassful!
What is Ad Hominem? Arguing against the man?
The only way to solve this problem is to vote for the billion dollar bill instead of being a cheapskate.
What is the Either/Or / False Dilemma; or Ad Hominem Fallacy?
This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!
What is the fallacy of Quoting Out of Context?
Exposition: This quote is sometimes cited by people who argue against religion and want to appeal to Adams' authority, or who use the quote as evidence that the Founding Fathers were opposed to religion.
Context:
Twenty times, in the course of my late Reading, have I been upon the point of breaking out, "This would be the best of all possible Worlds, if there were no Religion in it"!!! But in this exclamati[on] I should have been as fanatical as Bryant or Cleverly1. Without Religion this World would be Something not fit to be mentioned in polite Company, I mean Hell.2
Exposure: The contextomy is in quotation marks in Adams' letter, which is an important part of the context, since it shows that Adams is not endorsing that sentiment, but in fact rejecting it.3