Prof Comm Logical Fallacies

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Ad Hominem
Attack someone’s character, rather than argument (You’re research doesn’t count coz u super lazy u prob didn’t even try)
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Red Herring
Change the topic (Level of mercury in seafood is unsafe, but how will they support families? Switched from health to economics)
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Straw Man
Oversimplifies the point, and then attacks that (You don’t want to raise the minimum wage? You ltierally hate poor people”
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Begging the Question
Conclusion is validated in the claim (You should believe in aliens or they will attack you)
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Hasty Generalization
Draw conclusions off insuffiecient information (Based on day 1, this calss sux)
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Mistaken Causality
Correlation =/= causation (Just because it rains after you drink water, doesn’t mean it rains BECAUSE you drink water)