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Hits: 10395 | Favorites: 12 | Emailed: 0 | Rating: 3.5 | Category: Science | Date: 03/14/2013

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Zeegrr60 Male, 40-49, Eastern US 1514 Posts	Friday, March 15, 2013 2:12:47 PM This chart is awful.

5Cats Male, 40-49, Canada 16886 Posts	Friday, March 15, 2013 9:10:49 AM "Opium induces sleep because it has a soporific quality" @randomnxp: Isn't that "Circular Reasoning"? idk... Yes, they got that one wrong too. We agree that "plastic" is right out! Eh? lolz! I couldn`t think of what else Dr Seuss would wrap a baby in. Wubb Fur? @madduck: Where`d you go?

randomxnp Male, 30-39, Europe 769 Posts	Friday, March 15, 2013 7:35:35 AM 5Cats As for ad hominem, your example it does connect the characteristic to the correctness (albeit falsely). Their example is just making a random insult against anyone who has a certain opinion. Had they said "We shouldn't allow the mosque because those that want to are America-hating liberals" that would have been a rather poor example of an ad hominem fallacy. As it is their construction does not even look like it relates to a debate.

randomxnp Male, 30-39, Europe 769 Posts	Friday, March 15, 2013 7:24:31 AM 5Cats You make the same mistake with appeal to authority, albeit with a better example. Imagine I say that tinfoil is best because babies lose heat through radiation. Saying that a soft blanket is better because Dr Spock says so is a fallacy. A valid argument would be to outline Dr Spock's reasoning. I just noticed they got begging the question completely and utterly wrong! Begging the question is making an argument that assumes the conclusion or simply restates it. I cannot even twist their example to actually beg the question, so I will nick Wikipedia`s example: "Opium induces sleep because it has a soporific quality"

antagonizer Male, 18-29, Canada 475 Posts	Friday, March 15, 2013 5:37:04 AM Seems to me everything a person could possibly say would end up on this fallacies list... Oh look, I just made a hasty generalization.

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