Logical Fallacies
By Joe
By Joe
Logical fallacies are mistakes in thinking or arguing.
They happen when someone tries to convince others using weak, unfair, or tricky reasons instead of good evidence.
A strawman happens when someone changes or exaggerates another person’s argument to make it easier to attack. Instead of arguing against what the person actually said, they argue against a made-up version. Here's an example of a straw man.
Person 1: Doughnuts are bad due to trans fat.
Person 2: So Homer Simpson's a bad character, meaning the show is too?!
This example of a Logical fallacy shows how interrupting the argument to something else makes the person who originally pointed out that doughnuts were bad nervous and potentially lose the argument, and that's the straw man, which is adding a distraction to misrepresent the argument and win.
Another example of a logical fallacy is the bandwagon. This uses a simple excuse-- that being if other people have undertook then you should partake in that action too, because everyone else carried out the deed. This represents the grouping and pack nature of humans-- their willingness to do anything just because someone else told them to is quite interesting indeed.
Everyone wearing ProClub clothing is an example.