Originally posted by pika

i got a point/reported or whatever it's called for talking about the BTW 99cent thing in a post. wat

Originally posted by Wilkes

From tha IB TOK textbook:

Originally posted by sticks

Now let's see if this actually works.

Originally posted by RatedG²

A "fallacy" is a mistake, and a "logical" fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. So a logical fallacy is a common type of argument that is used to try to convey a point, but the reasoning behind it is completely wrong.

Ad hominem: An ad hominem argument is any that attempts to counter another’s claims or conclusions by attacking the person, rather than addressing the argument itself.

Ad ignorantiam: The argument from ignorance basically states that a specific belief is true because we don’t know that it isn’t true

Red Herring: A red herring is when a person completely and blatantly ignores the question, but tries to distract you from it.

Confusing association with causation: This fallacy is often used to give a statistical correlation a causal interpretation

Inconsistency : Applying criteria or rules to one belief, claim, argument, or position but not to others.

Argument from Authority: The basic structure of such arguments is as follows: Professor X believes A, Professor X speaks from authority, therefore A is true. Often this argument is implied by emphasizing the many years of experience, or the formal degrees held by the individual making a specific claim. The converse of this argument is sometimes used, that someone does not possess authority, and therefore their claims must be false.

False Dichotomy: Arbitrarily reducing a set of many possibilities to only two

The “Shut the **** up comment”: Ok this may not be a real fallacy, but it should be pointed out nonetheless. When an argument is said that is good, and all the next person does is either cosigns it or restate it. Like shut the **** up, we already know that because 5 comments before yours the same thing was ****ing said.