Yodel Boy
Everyone on campus is wearing Air Jordans. I need to buy those sneakers.
What is Bandwagon.
Mark Zuckerberg doesn't have middle class Americans in mind. He's part of the upper echelon of America.
Straw Man
Don't listen to Dave's argument on gun control. He's not the brightest bulb in the chandelier.
Ad Hominem
These fallacies occur when someone uses irrelevant information to distract from the argument.
Red Herring
Four out of five dentists recommend Happy Glossy Smiley toothpaste brand. Therefore, it must be great.
Hasty Generalization
How is talking about vaccinations going to help us find a cure for cancer?
Red Herring
If we allow our 14 year-old to have her first date tonight, what's next? A wedding, kids?
What is Slippery Slope?
My father smoked four packs of cigarettes a day since age fourteen and lived until age sixty-nine. Therefore, smoking really can’t be that bad for you.
Hasty Generalization
That face cream can't be good. Kim Kardashian is selling it.
Ad Hominem
The only two athletic brands that are worth your time are Nike and Under Armor.
False Dilemma
There are starving children in Africa. Eat your carrots.
Red Herring
You can either drink water and be healthy or drink soda and be unhealthy
False Dilemma
"We should be doing more to make cars greener and more fuel efficient." "Our cities are built for cars, do you want to effect the economy?"
Straw Man
Right when I sneezed, the power went off. I must've caused the outage.
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
All my friends are doing a low carb diet. That must be the only way to lose weight.
What is Bandwagon
Drawing a conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the typical or average situation.
Hasty Generalization
These fallacies occur when someone appears to be refuting the original point made, but is actually arguing a point that wasn't initially made.
Straw Man
People who cannot go without their coffee every morning are no better than drug addicts.
False Analogy
If we teach Tommy how to drive the car, he'll want to learn how to fly helicopters next!
What is Slippery Slope
These fallacies occur when an acceptance or rejection of a concept is rejected based on its source, not its merit.
Ad Hominem (Attacking the Person)
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
A comparison is made between two ideas or objects that seemingly have similar characteristics, but the comparison does not hold up
These fallacies occur when someone is only given two choices for possible alternatives when more than two exist.
False Dilemma
These fallacies occur when it is assumed that, because one thing happened after another, it must have occurred as a result of it.
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
When a relatively insignificant first event is suggested to lead to a more significant event, which in turn leads to a more significant event, and so on, until some ultimate, significant event is reached,
Slippery Slope