User blog:Ieandrew91/Logical Fallacies

LOGICAL FALLACIES
Appeal to Trust - This is an appeal to convince someone that because you are trustworthy they can believe what you say. Common occurrences of this is when you visit your Doctor and generally patients will not question them. Similar situations applies to Police, Paramedics, Parents, Teachers, and so on.

Conspiracy Theory - This is always a fun one. Usually accompanied by an outlandish claim, people will say A is true and B is why the truth cannot be proven. So therefore A is true. A prime example of this would be 9/11 was an inside job and there is no proof because the government is covering it up. Wacko!

False Cause - Pretty simple. A causes B, which may not be true. This is usually done because A and B may happen frequently together. An example would be saying rich people are selfish. Just because some rich people are selfish does not mean all rich people are selfish.

Poisoning the Well - Slandering or discrediting someone before you speak about them. Huge nowadays in politics. Trump is a bad person so..... or Hillary is a bad person so......

Slippery Slope - Loosely connected statements with ridiculous conclusion. Something like Marijuana is a gateway drug or if we allow gay marriage, the next thing we know, people will want to marry their pets.