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Faulty Logic
Psychological or Sociological Pitfalls
Use Of Language
Basic Human Limitation
Combination of HCT Description and Category
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"Because regulators have controlled smoking in public areas, their ultimate goal is to control everything else in your lives"
What is Slippery Slope Fallacy
100
You should not believe a word my opponent says because he is jus t bitter because I'm ahead in the polls
What is Ad Hominem Fallacy
100
An ad claims a battery lasts "up to" 30 longer, but does not say it will last 30% longer, and if it did, longer than what?
What is Meaningless comparisons
100
Police officers should not show a photo of a possible assailant to a witness prior to a police lineup, or the actual memory of the witness may be unconsciously replaced
What is False memories and Confabulation
100
Making a claim that Printer A makes better copies than Printer B, while ignoring the important fact that only Printer B can also fax, cop y, and scan
What is Irrelevant Comparisons is Faulty Logic
200
After using a magnetic belt for a while, a woman notices her back pain is less, even though there may be a dozen other reasons for the reduced back pain
What is Pragmatic Fallacy
200
thousands of years ago the average person believed that the world was flat simply because most other people believed so
What is Ad Populum (Bandwagon Fallacy)
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Naming detergents "joy" and "Cheer" (positive) not "dreary" and "te dious" (negative). the military using the phrase "neutralizing the op position" (less negative) rather than "killing" (negative)
What is Emotive Content
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If one believes that more murders occur during a full moon, then o ne will tend to take notice of murders that occur during a full moon and not tend to take notice of murders that occur at other times
What is Confirmation Bias & selective thinking
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Expressions such as "As everyone knows" and "Common sense tell s you that"
What is Assuring Expressions is Use of Language
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Irrationally believing that how one wears their hat while watching a football game can influence the score
What is Apophenia & Superstition
300
Advertisements that appeal to ones vanity, pity, fear or desire for pleasure, while providing no logical reasons to support their product being better than the competitor
What is Emotional Appeals
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The dairy industry cleverly expresses fat content as a percentage of weight, not calories. Thus 2% "low" fat milk really has 31% fat w hen fat is measured as a percentage of calories
What is False Implication
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Some people are biased against claims made by scientists because their world view appears too cold and impersonal
What is Personal Bias & Prejudice
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Making jokes about one's own character in order to disarm critics & evade having to defend policy
What is Evading the issue (Red Herring) is Psychological and Social Pitfalls
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Believing that their must be life on Mars because no one has prove d that life does not exist on Mars
What is Argument from Ignorance
400
Anyone who supports removing troops from Iraq is a traitor
What is Poisoning the Well
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Referring to a family as "a bounded plurality of role-playing individuals" or a homeless person as a "non-goal oriented member of society"
What is Double Speak Jargon
400
Dramatic stories of Bigfoot sightings do not prove the existence of Bigfoot
What is Testimonial Evidence
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These limitations remind you that you are not perfect and that you r understanding of facts, perceptions, memories, built-in biases, etc., and preclude you from ever seeing or understanding the world wi th total objectivity and clarity. Confirmation Bias and Selective Think ing, False Memories and Confabulation, Personal Biases and Prejudi ces, Physical and Emotional Hindrances, and Testimonial Evidence
What is Basic Human Limitations
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Arguing that two children sharing the same bedroom is wrong beca use double-celling of criminals in a penitentiary can lead to bad beh avior
What is False Analogies
500
You are either with us or with them
What is Fallacy of False Dilemma, either or Fallacy
500
From the statement "lying expert testified as trial", is the expert a liar or is the person an expert on telling when someone is lying?
What is Ambiguity
500
Air traffic controllers often have difficulty making good judgments after long hours on duty
What is Physical and emotional Hindrances
500
Superstition, Argument from Ignorance, False Analogies, Irrelevant Comparisons, Pragmatic Fallacy, and Slippery Slope Fallacy.
What is Faulty Logic