Logical Fallacy
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- This is an example of the logical fallacy, Ad Hominem. The guy in the blue shirt insults the scientist as a way to deflect from the actual argument.
- With all the evidence it's hard to ignore that humans are causing climate change...
- Talk about evidence, you scientists are just in it for the MONEY!
- This is an example of the Straw Man fallacy, the man on the right misrepresents her argument to make it easier to dismiss.
- Evolutionary theory states that all living things, including humans and apes, have a common ancestor.
- Evolution says humans come from Monkeys!
- If we are to ban air travel because of its negative effect on the environment, eventually the authorities would ban every type of motorised travel. Therefore we should not ban air travel.
- This fallacy is the Slippery Slope. Just because one extreme thing is occurring in the argument, it cannot be automatically assumed that this will create a snowball effect.
- I feel like we could really decrease damage to the earth if air travel was banned.
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