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A quick guide to logical fallacies. Fallacies include ad hominem, appeals to authority, the fallacy fallacy, circular arguments, etc. Woman wonders why tattoo hurt so much, scan reveals shocking truth ...

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Logical fallacies are mistakes in arguments. For example, if someone says that something is better solely because it is more "natural," this is the appeal to nature fallacy. If someone presents two ...

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A very common phenomenon in conversation and in writing today is the presence of logical fallacies that have been identified ...