Fallacies

You Suck!

• Ad Hominem

Dogs love me because you can’t prove that they don’t love me

• Negative proof fallacy

If we accept that humans evolved, then many religious people will lose their faith.

• Argument from Consequences

You cannot clearly define what a doodlebug is, therefore we cannot discuss whether or not they exist.

• Loki’s Wager

Everyone knows Cheetos are the best snack food.

• Appeal to Omnipotence

I’m right because I am the teacher.

• Appeal to Authority

You used as hominem, therefore you are wrong.

• Argument from fallacy

If you want to levy a tax to support health care, then the government can levy a tax for any reason, even to steal puppies.

• Reductio Ad Absurdum

You are wrong because you used and appeal to authority.

• Argument from Fallacy

We know that dogs like cheese. Look at the monkey!

• Red herring

We should do it this way, because that is the way it has always been done.

• Appeal to Tradition

Everyone knows that Mr Sephton is the best teacher.

• Appeal to Omnipotence

“How often do you steal from your parents?”

• Begging the Question

If you are in favour of the death penalty, you must also be in favour of less strict gun laws.

• Package deal fallacy

YOU REALLY SUCK!!!!

• Proof by verbosity

All teachers are smart. I know that Sephton is kinda dumb, but he’s not a real teacher.

• Definition Fallacy (No True Scotsman)

I know that global warming is a myth because an oil executive told me it was.

• False attribution

You’re either for us or against us

• False dilemma

Cavemen were not happy because they couldn’t play Nintendo wii.

• Historian’s Fallacy

When you compared the consistency of the bells to the sun rising, your point is wrong because the sun doesn’t really rise, the earth rotates.

• False Analogy

Every cell in the human body is microscopic therefore the human body is microscopic.

• Composition

Everyone likes tea because my uncle likes tea.

• Cherry Picking or Proof by Example

Mr. Sephton is kind because he told me that he is and he wouldn’t lie because he is too kind to lie.

• Begging the Question

You need evidence to back up your point, but I don’t because I just know it to be true.

• Inconsistency Fallacy

You claim to be against arguing, but you are arguing your point.

• Tu Quoque

You cannot clearly define what a doodlebug is, therefore we cannot discuss whether or not they exist.

• Loki’s Wager

Crime must be increasing because the news reports more murders now than they did before.

• False Attribution

I know that dogs do not think because Chewbacca was the least intelligent character in Star Wars.

• Red herring

If you believe that students can be trusted, then you must also believe that students do not need a dress code.

• Package deal fallacy

Organic food is better because it is more natural

• Naturalistic Fallacy

If dogs are cool, then we like to pet them.

• Non-Sequiter

You only want to believe in fate just believe it because you don’t want to be responsible for your actions.

• Ad Hominem

If we allow homosexuals to get married, then soon anyone can marry any thing.

• Slippery Slope

If we allow people freedom of speech, they will want the freedom to do anything they choose, even murder, then everyone will be dead.

• Slippery Slope

I don’t want to argue with you because you are dumber than me.

• Ad Hominem

You want to decriminalize a drug. I can’t believe you want to make all drugs perfectly legal.

• Straw Man Fallacy

If you think that dogs make good pets, then you must be against eating meat.

• Package Deal Fallacy

I know that this book is accurate, because the book tells me that it is accurate.

• Circular Reasoning.

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.

• Ad Hominem