Straw Man by Desteney Galarza Torres https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9 Straw man fallacy is a misrepresentation on an opponents position in an argument. en-us 2019-11-08 01:09:04 UTC 2024-05-27 19:18:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Visual breakdown of the fallacy des2132289 https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9/wish/408444520 2019-11-08 01:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9/wish/408444520 Think of the game telephone des2132289 https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9/wish/408445899 The initial persons stance on a matter is misunderstood by the next person who's hearing it. The straw man fallacy is really common in controversial topics, we can easily see this occurring during political conversations. ]]> 2019-11-08 01:27:59 UTC https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9/wish/408445899 Example des2132289 https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9/wish/408448425 "The basic structure of the argument consists of Person A making a claim, Person B creating a distorted version of the claim (the "straw man"), and then Person B attacking this distorted version in order to refute Person A's original assertion."

Elon Musk: "Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do." 

Opponent: Self-driving cars aren't safe! Did you hear about the self-driving Uber SUV that killed a pedestrian in Arizona?

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]]> 2019-11-08 01:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9/wish/408448425 My own example des2132289 https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9/wish/408449909 Person A: Pit bulls have violence is in their DNA so they are inherently dangerous dogs, a responsible dog owner should keep them on a leash when out.

Person B: My pit bull wouldn't hurt anything! and owning a pit bull doesn't make me a dangerous person! ]]> 2019-11-08 01:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9/wish/408449909 des2132289 https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9/wish/408454061 2019-11-08 01:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/des2132289/3oiw23aai7t9/wish/408454061