What's your favorite logical fallacy?

by **Crazyirishman** on Fri May 18, 2012 7:26 pm

My personal favorites are a Catch-22 and False Dilemma (which I intentionally use in daily life but nobody ever calls me on it), what are your favorite logical fallacies?

by **AAFitz** on Fri May 18, 2012 7:28 pm

Assuming Im right.

by **spurgistan** on Fri May 18, 2012 8:48 pm

Arguing from authority.

by **oss spy** on Fri May 18, 2012 11:06 pm

I love it when other people use Straw Men and Red Herrings...it's great to explain it to them and watch them be flustered as you crumble down their entire argument with one good kick.

by **DoomYoshi** on Fri May 18, 2012 11:08 pm

My favourite fallacy is assuming that humans are rational beings capable of logical thought processes. Not quite what you were looking for...

I like non sequitor, for the use in humor.

by **Army of GOD** on Fri May 18, 2012 11:10 pm

penis fallacy

by **Phatscotty** on Sat May 19, 2012 4:16 am

oss spy wrote:I love it when other people use Straw Men and Red Herrings...it's great to explain it to them and watch them be flustered as you crumble down their entire argument with one good kick.

Is GreecePwns using the Red Herring here?
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=170669&start=195

I want to know, because if that is a red herring, It's not my favorite.

by **chang50** on Sat May 19, 2012 5:54 am

Argumentum ad populum,used regularly by people who see a direct relationshp between the number of people who believe a proposition and its truth.

by **Timminz** on Sat May 19, 2012 9:23 am

chang50 wrote:Argumentum ad populum,used regularly by people who see a direct relationshp between the number of people who believe a proposition and its truth.

To be fair, he DOES have a Muslim name.

My favourite fallacy is the false assumption of people behaving rationally. The field of economics kind of falls to pieces once you realize that people do not tend to behave in their own best, rational interests.

by **rdsrds2120** on Sat May 19, 2012 11:40 am

Slip Slopin'

-rd

by **jonesthecurl** on Sat May 19, 2012 12:03 pm

my favorite (and it has a name, I just can't be bothered to look it up right now) is, these people say "blah blah blah", those people say "wah wah wah". Therefore the truth must lie somewhere in the middle.