Ask Your Questions About Logical Fallacies

Welcome! This is the place to ask the community of experts and other fallacyophites (I made up that word) if someone has a committed a fallacy or not. This is a great way to settle a dispute!


Dr. Bo's Criteria for Logical Fallacies:

  • It must be an error in reasoning not a factual error.
  • It must be commonly applied to an argument either in the form of the argument or in the interpretation of the argument.
  • It must be deceptive in that it often fools the average adult.
Therefore, we will define a logical fallacy as a concept within argumentation that commonly leads to an error in reasoning due to the deceptive nature of its presentation. Logical fallacies can comprise fallacious arguments that contain one or more non-factual errors in their form or deceptive arguments that often lead to fallacious reasoning in their evaluation.
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Is Representative Government rational?

Is the paradigm of Representative Government a rational endeavor for intelligent humans?  There is no requirement of intelligence or education in order to be elected as a Public Servant.  If all Public servants are less intelligent and les...

asked on Saturday, Oct 30, 2021 08:51:20 PM by Bruce Charles Larson
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Detect the fallacy here

Students should be allowed to look at their textbooks during examinations. After all, surgeons have X-rays to guide them during an operation, lawyers have briefs to guide them during a trial, carpenters have blueprints to guide them when they are bu...

asked on Friday, Oct 29, 2021 05:44:08 PM by Shawn
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Indentify the logical fallacy here

I’ve never been hungry, and neither has anyone in my village.  Therefore, world hunger is not a problem.

asked on Tuesday, Oct 26, 2021 09:20:27 PM by Shawn
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Today is yesterday's future past, tomorrow.

So forgive me, this isn't a troll. It's something I thought up a few months ago as a comment for something. What kind of statement would this be? I'm having a hard time figuring out if it's true or if I worded it incorrectly or if the punctuation is...

asked on Tuesday, Oct 26, 2021 07:43:10 PM by Berdine
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Is there a logical contradiction here?

A: Wouldn't it be great if modern technology could develop time travel? Travel to the future, revisit your past, etc. Exciting! B: Indeed, but unfortunately logically impossible. The future, by definition, does not exist in the present. Neither does...

asked on Monday, Oct 25, 2021 12:10:59 PM by Jim
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Is there a flaw in reasoning here?

A: "Our universe as we know it, arose by natural means, or eternally pre-existed." B : "No, it is so complex, it must have been created by God." A : "If you try to find a solution for a complexity that you can't yet explain or understand, then it ma...

asked on Sunday, Oct 24, 2021 05:45:27 PM by Jim
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Whats this logical form called?

X is the enemy.  X says Y is true.  Therefore, the opposite of Y must be the real truth.  A real world example would be: "Facebook fact checked me, then censored me as being extremist content, therefore what I posted must be the re...

asked on Sunday, Oct 24, 2021 05:02:47 PM by Jason Mathias
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Is this just an inconsistency or what?

My standards for a joke comment is if it is written with emojis, some inconsistency uses for uppercase and lowercase letters, the word "sarcasm" written in the end inside parentheses, and/or a comment so ridiculous and/or exaggerated no people with ...

asked on Saturday, Oct 23, 2021 01:27:18 AM by Rendy Specter
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Double standard, special pleading or false equivalence and faulty comparison fallacy or all the above?

Were the different reactions towards the terrorist attacks of 911 vs Jan 6 a double standard and special pleading fallacy? Or is comparing them a false comparison fallacy and false equivalence fallacy?  (mainstream perceived cause muslims) 9...

asked on Friday, Oct 22, 2021 06:32:59 PM by Jason Mathias
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What fallacy or deception is this when falsely attributing a claim to the person making the claim when that person is not the primary source of the claim

There seems to be a logical fallacy going on here that I see a lot. Its falsely attributing a claim to the person making the claim when that person is not the primary source of the claim, they are only repeating it.  DOJ and FBI data res...

asked on Friday, Oct 22, 2021 01:47:59 PM by Jason Mathias
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