The Amazing Potato
Potatoes are a starchy vegetable also known as a stem _______.
(Hint: rhymes not with Lyft, but____).
What is tuber?
This fallacy is a misleading statement, question, or argument meant to redirect a conversation away from its original topic.
What is the red herring fallacy?
”It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it.”
Who is Eeyore?
The American Bird Conservancy estimates that at least 700,000 birds are killed annually by this “green energy” source.
What are wind turbines?
This 4,852 year old bristlecone pine tree is named after the longest living man recorded in the Bible.
What is the Methuselah tree?
Our bodies break down these macronutrients from potatoes into glucose which we use for energy.
What are carbohydrate?
This fallacy condemns an argument because of where it began, how it began, or who began it.
What is the genetic fallacy?
“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing everyday”
Who is Winnie the Pooh?
The Institute for Energy Research estimates that wind power is about twice as expensive as conventional gas-fired power, and this similarly unreliable power source is three times as expensive.
What is solar power?
Moon trees were grown from seeds taken to the moon during this mission in 1971.
What is Apollo 14?
Potatoes are known to have been a life-saving food in early times because they are rich in vitamin C which prevented this deadly disease.
What is scurvy?
This fallacy has the goal of simplifying or misrepresenting your argument in order to more easily attack or refute it.
What is the straw man fallacy?
“Tut-tut, it looks like rain.”
Who is Christopher Robin?
This resource commonly used in EV batteries is said to result in less hazardous waste overall, but the process of mining for it can deplete water resources, pollute groundwater, as well as harm biodiversity.
What is lithium?
Forests are sometimes referred to as the lungs of our planet because they absorb billions of tons of this annually.
What is carbon dioxide?
Small, stubby, finger-shaped potatoes are known as?
What are fingerling potatoes?
This fallacy occurs when you attack someone personally rather than using logic to refute their argument.
What is the ad hominem fallacy?
”I’m not afraid, just a little nervous.”
Who is Piglet?
Solar panels typically last 25-30 years. In the U.S. this percentage of panels are recycled. The rest are sent to landfills.
What is 10%?
A Korean study of 931 office workers reported more job satisfaction and significantly less ______ among workers who had a view of trees from their office.
What is stress?
In 2016 Andrew Taylor ate nothing but potatoes for a whole year and got healthier doing it. Today he is known for his _______ ________ challenge, book, and website of the same name which encourages others to try a whole-food, potato-based way of eating and living.
What is Spud Fit?
This fallacy is based on a Latin phrase meaning “you also”. It answers criticism with more criticism, but never presents a counterargument to the original disputed claim.
What is the Tu Quoque fallacy?
“Owl, you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest—and when I say thinking, I mean thinking—you and I must do it.”
Who is Rabbit?
Author Siddharth Kara documents the brutal mining practices, militia-controlled mining areas, child labor, and mining related deaths occurring in this African nation (DRC) where about 75% of the world’s supply of cobalt is mined.
What is the Democratic Republic of Congo?
The rainbow eucalyptus has smooth orange bark which sheds in uneven strips, leaving behind shades of green, red, orange, yellow, purple, and blue and is native to parts of south east Asia and this country (3 words) which lies north of Australia.
What is Papau New Guinea?