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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What fallacies?

On social media,  Woman points to the woman sign on the bathroom says “back in my day this was easier to understand.” Implying that in today’s context no one knows what a woman is anymore. Someone responds saying “back i...

asked on Saturday, Mar 22, 2025 09:22:39 PM by LF2023
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Scapegoating Fallacy and/or any other fallacy ?

Yesterday at work I put a metal gastro of rice into the freezer as per my manager's request. Later there was a delivery and during this time I was doing other things. I then heard my Manager aggressively shouting, "Can we not put rice in the freezer...

asked on Saturday, Mar 22, 2025 03:58:15 PM by Jack
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What is the fallacy of pretending to be the opposite of what you are?

For example a Nazi claims himself to be a Zionist. Although his ideology, beliefs, actions, advocacy are all clearly 100% Nazi, he insists that he is somehow a Zionist. Does that fall under a fallacious term? I know it's a fallacy to pretend to be...

asked on Friday, Mar 21, 2025 08:27:59 AM by Nadir
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Is this manipulative

During a conversation Pastor Wooten and I were discussing the type of music that I enjoy. His reply, it's important to grow in your faith and become a mature Christian. You're not there yet, give it time. His rebuttal, after a few weeks later, when ...

asked on Friday, Mar 14, 2025 06:47:49 PM by Kris
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tu quoque or exemption to the rule?

This is an argument of mine recently. No one has accused me of this fallacy yet. It's something I was pondering after having said it:   If global warming is an issue regarding AI, then shouldn't it also stand to reason that using discord, no...

asked on Friday, Mar 07, 2025 08:41:39 PM by Jack
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Appeal to emotions

While the logical issues are real from a formal critical lens, some might argue that Pastor Wooten’s advice, when considered within its faith-based context, has merits of its own:   Holistic Life Examination • Supporters may conte...

asked on Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 07:03:17 PM by Kris
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What's wrong with this logic?

After agreeing with Pastor Wooten that the woman I was dating at the time wasn't a good fit for me, he replied now let's focus on your moderate alcohol consumption, the music you listen to, and the anatomy you study in art class. He said, Kris, sinc...

asked on Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 06:45:40 PM by Kris
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GMO VS Selective Breeding

I'm not sure if Neil deGrasse Tyson was the first to introduce this argument on behalf of Bill Gates, but his was the first argument I'm aware of. I recently saw a swarm of propagandists using the same argument on the Chinese social app RedNote. Th...

asked on Saturday, Mar 01, 2025 11:51:17 AM by David Blomstrom
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Fake Rocket VS Fake Moon Landing

In the video " Was the Moon Landing faked? "  Neil deGrasse tyson says, “The rocket did launch. We all saw the rocket launch.” He then talks about all the work that went into constructing the Apollo rocket, generating piles of bluep...

asked on Saturday, Mar 01, 2025 11:41:49 AM by David Blomstrom
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What's wrong with this logic?

Paying rent, cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, cutting the grass, and changing a flat tire is not a flex. Most adults should be able to do these tasks. If that's all men/women have to bring to the table, that's pretty sad! One could say being able t...

asked on Saturday, Mar 01, 2025 01:35:28 AM by Kris
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