Fallacies

What are fallacies?


 * 1) Oversimplification -This fallacy reduces complexity to simplicity.
 * 2) A car is what you drive to get from one point to another.
 * 3) Misuse of Humor - Jokes, satire, and irony can lighten the mood and highlight a truth;  when humor distracts or mocks, however, it undercuts the argument.
 * 4) People who don't eat meat will eventually grow roots and become plants.
 * 5) Bandwagon Mentality - Someone implies that a claim cannot be true because a majority of people are opposed to it, or it must be true because a majority support it.
 * 6) There is no way that xbox is better than playstation. Look at how many more people play on the playstation system.
 * 7) Half-Truths - A half-truth contains part of but not the whole truth.
 * 8) The new gun law is good because it will get guns off the streets so crime will go down.
 * 9) False Analogy - Sometimes a person will argue that X is good (or bad) because it is like Y.
 * 10) Since DC comics has superheroes like Marvel does then their movies will also be good.

Roberto Fernandez

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