https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it Add your Logical Fallacy- Title your fallacy, your name, then Explain, IN YOUR OWN WORDS, what it is. You can also Insert a picture that you drew or pulled from the internet- that explains the fallacy en-us 2022-02-04 08:40:34 UTC 2022-02-14 06:47:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9d0.png https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029953459 The Tu QuoQue fallacy is also known as you too or two wrongs make a right fallacy. Itʻs basically inconsistency in order to avoid taking the other's position seriously. 
Itʻs also when someoneʻs argument isnʻt consistent with what theyʻre saying or doing. ]]> 2022-02-04 18:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029953459 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029955152 Anchoring is a cognitive bias whereby an individual's decisions are influenced by a particular reference point or 'anchor'.

When people rely too much on pre-existing information or the first information they find when making decisions.]]> 2022-02-04 18:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029955152 kamanumejia https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029958002 The Appeal to Authority fallacy is when you use a person in a position of higher power as the sole reason to trust your argument or opinion. Although it is effective to have someone of power backing your statement, it is vital to have other evidences and research to solidify your claim. ]]> 2022-02-04 18:32:06 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029958002 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029959859 The Middle Ground fallacy assumes that a compromise between two extreme conflicting points is always true. Despite any indisputable facts being presented–must be reached to produce the truth.]]> 2022-02-04 18:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029959859 kaieapa https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029960774 Anecdotal evidence is like speaking from experience. If something happened to someone then it must be a fact. Its almost like testimony. Facts that are based off of a story or someones personal experience.]]> 2022-02-04 18:34:06 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029960774 keanu_ventura https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029961136 This fallacy is when one makes their argument correct by inaccurately deflecting another. Rather than acknowledging a counterexample, they adjust their claim to protect it such as in the example above.]]> 2022-02-04 18:34:23 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029961136 waikawilson https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029961697 A slothful induction is when an argument is denied despite evidence. I think this usually happens when there is stronger evidence that can counter-act the argument or when the argument itself is ridiculous.]]> 2022-02-04 18:34:47 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029961697 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029962066 Personal Incredulity is when someone has a hard time understanding or believing what someone else says. Because of this, they use their lack of understanding to discredit what was said. For example, if someone is telling you a story and you donʻt understand and you say that it canʻt be true, that is personal incredulity.]]> 2022-02-04 18:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029962066 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029962835 A texas sharpshooter is when someone ignores the difference in data but they overemphasize the similarities in data.

Itʻs like when someone only uses certain details in a story to make them seem right or good but totally leave out anything that contradicts them in the story.]]> 2022-02-04 18:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029962835 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029964169 Confirmation Bias is similar to personal interpretations. It is having the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of oneʻs existing beliefs or theories. ]]> 2022-02-04 18:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029964169 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029964359 The Red Herring fallacy is when someone tries to change the subject or mislead someone away from a certain topic. This usually happens when one person wants to do a certain thing, but the other doesn't.]]> 2022-02-04 18:36:36 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029964359 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029964418 The sunk cost fallacy is when one justifies  the continuation of an action of theirs by emphasizing the effort they already put into it. They invested so much of their time into something that they will continue to it, despite additional costs outweighing any benefits.]]> 2022-02-04 18:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029964418 jarenbanis https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029964580 A straw man fallacy occurs when someone takes another person’s argument or point, distorts it, or exaggerates it in some kind of extreme way. Its a misrepresentation of the other person's argument in order to counter-attack his/hers argument



]]> 2022-02-04 18:36:43 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029964580 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029965184 The Fallacy Fallacy (aka Argument from fallacy) is a fallacy that states that if someoneʻs argument contains a fallacy, then the conclusion or overall argument must be false. ]]> 2022-02-04 18:37:06 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029965184 noa_ulansey https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029965532 the burden of proof fallacy is using an argument that canʻt be proven wrong to show that they are right. (vise versa, using an argument that canʻt be proven right to show that they are wrong)]]> 2022-02-04 18:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029965532 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029965617 The Just World fallacy is also known as the Just-world hypothesis. This fallacy is the belief that people get what they deserve. Meaning that their actions will always have consequences that'll be either good or bad depending on that person's actions.]]> 2022-02-04 18:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029965617 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029965685
False Dilemma Fallacy is where someone or something misleads by presenting complex issues in terms of two opposed sides. And instead of acknowledging that most (if not all) issues can be thought of on a spectrum of possibilities and stances, the false dilemma fallacy asserts that there are only two mutually exclusive outcomes.

]]> 2022-02-04 18:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029965685 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029967111 The Backfire Effect fallacy is when an individual is challenged on their core beliefs and ideas. Sometimes we experience being told we are wrong as a personal attack that makes us feel more strongly about the belief being challenged.]]> 2022-02-04 18:38:27 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029967111 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029967502 The bandwagon fallacy is when a majority of people believe something is true, which doesn't necessarily make it true. This argues that when everyone else thinks the same way, you must also do the same.]]> 2022-02-04 18:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029967502 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029967661 Dunning-Kruger effect, in psychology, a cognitive bias whereby people with limited knowledge or competence in a given intellectual or social domain greatly overestimate their own knowledge or competence in that domain relative to objective criteria or to the performance of their peers or of people in general. In other words, people with no competence but a lot of confidence feel like they could beat an expert in at their own game. Those who have competence but lack confidence feel like they aren't good enough even though they understand. And lastly, the experts have both the confidence and the competence so they know they are good enough but know there is always room for improvement ]]> 2022-02-04 18:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029967661 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029969058 A correlation is a statistical indicator of how closely two variables are related. While causation means changes in one variable will bring out changes in the other variable; this corresponds to a cause-and-effect relationship. ]]> 2022-02-04 18:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2029969058 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030258636 A corrupt modern implicit fallacy from ethos in which a person inappropriately overuses acronyms, abbreviations, form numbers and arcane insider "shop talk" primarily to prove to an audience that s/he "speaks their language" and is "one of them" and to shut out, confuse or impress outsiders. ]]> 2022-02-04 23:20:51 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030258636 cody_branco https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030258668 Circular arguments occur when a person's argument repeats what they already assumed before without arriving at a new conclusion. Circular arguments often use a claim as both a premise and a conclusion. This fallacy only appears to be an argument when in fact it's just restating one's assumptions.]]> 2022-02-04 23:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030258668 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030258863 Curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias where an individual communicating with others assumes the others have the same knowledge/expertise on the subject as they do. It tends to occur when someone cannot understand that not everyone already has the knowledge in the same field as they do.]]> 2022-02-04 23:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030258863 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030259025 A red herring is something that misleads or distracts someone from the relevant question. This fallacy often leads readers to false conclusions. It is called the red herring fallacy because people used to train hunting dogs to follow a scent using red herring so people would often distract hunting dogs with red herring scents. ]]> 2022-02-04 23:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030259025 iwalanibeltran https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030259423 An ad hominem fallacy uses personal attacks that criticize and reject someone based on their race, personal characteristics, personal appearance, and other non-relevant traits to the person that holds it rather than logic. 
Ad hominem is mostly used in politics and is unethical because it misleads people's points of view on that person.]]> 2022-02-04 23:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030259423 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030260240 The Halo Effect is essentially judging an individual by their looks. If a person looks good, they are good. If a person looks bad, they are bad. This means that you treat a person differently simply because of how they look and not the real person they are on the inside. Un-cool because it only shows one piece of the puzzle and the looks of a person does not shape the entire person.]]> 2022-02-04 23:23:29 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030260240 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030260574 A slippery slope argument assumes that a certain course of action will necessarily lead to a chain of future events. The slippery slope fallacy takes a benign premise or starting point and suggests that it will lead to unlikely or ridiculous outcomes with no supporting evidence.]]> 2022-02-04 23:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030260574 sierratome https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030260862 Either or is a false fallacy or dilemma that gives usually only two possible options even when a wide range of possible alternatives, variations, and combinations are always readily available. ]]> 2022-02-04 23:24:46 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030260862 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030261266 The Appeal to Pity a Fallacy that urges the audience to "root for the underdog." For example, when a sports team is going up against a much better team. If they follow the Appeal to Pity Fallacy, they would root for the lesser team to win.]]> 2022-02-04 23:25:33 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030261266 peter_akiona https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030261286 Availability Heuristic is the fallacy that your judgements are influenced by what springs most easily to mind. A way around this is to know to try and put yourself in others shoes and see different perspectives, that way you donʻt purely rely on first judgments. ]]> 2022-02-04 23:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030261286 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030261612 The complex question fallacy is one that gives the answer to a given question presupposes a prior answer to a prior question. 

Itʻs like a trick question or one that has to make you think more about what your answer will be.

Relates to a coin toss in football. You have to choose either heads or tails beforehand so you know what kind of game plan your team has to go with according to the luck of the toss. ]]> 2022-02-04 23:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030261612 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030261865 Fundamental Attribution Error is to judge someone's personality from observing their behavior during a certain situation 

For example in the picture on the left side the person in blue says "I'm late" and there will often be some people who think of them like the person in the bubble "He's so careless"]]> 2022-02-04 23:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030261865 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030261918 Groupthink often occurs when there is a time constraint and individuals put aside personal doubts so a project can move forward. In some group situations, Groupthink can have its benefits in that it often facilitates decision-making. Often, large groups of people make decision-making more difficult or slow down the process, but Groupthink can help projects find completion quickly and efficiently.]]> 2022-02-04 23:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030261918 sydney_sniffen https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030262218 The A Priori Argument is when someone uses prior knowledge, beliefs, or "facts" and use reasonable-sounding arguments to back up their statement. This basically means someone is trying to persuade another to believe their statement by using past experiences/knowledge, instead of real evidence. ]]> 2022-02-04 23:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030262218 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030262360 With this type of bias, people seem to ignore logic and focus on their beliefs. However, when it is convenient for them, they follow the principles of logic. This type of bias is more common in older adults than in young adults. They cling to their beliefs, even when presented with new information. An example is "all dogs are animals, all animals have four legs, therefore all dogs have four legs." ]]> 2022-02-04 23:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030262360 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030263068 This could also be called appeal to force. A person using this fallacy would be threatening another person, either physically or psychologically, so that the threatened party accepts their conclusion. A phrase that they could say is "or else". Or they could say that they'll punch you or beat you up. ]]> 2022-02-04 23:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030263068 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030263210 The barnum effect is when a person feels that something relates to them specifically even though the statement is vague. People make vague statements relate to them by filling in the blanks. Our minds like to make connections so it is easy for our brains to fill in these blanks and make them seem specific and personal. Astrologers and Psychics are examples of people who use this bias to make it seem like what they say is relevant to you.]]> 2022-02-04 23:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030263210 masenluke https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030264553 Declinism is the tendency of viewing the past as positive and the present as overly negative. This makes the individual believe that things were better in the past than they are now. With constant news about many negative things like Covid, riots, or climate change, the bias kicks in and you start to think things were better in the old days. It gives you the feeling that things are set to fail, giving you a negative bias on most things.]]> 2022-02-04 23:32:23 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030264553 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030264794 Arguementum ad Mysterium is an arguement that is based off of mystery.  An example of an Argumentum ad Mysteriam is the “Long Ago and Far Away” fallacy, the fact that facts, evidence, practices or arguments from ancient times, distant lands and/or “exotic” cultures  seem to acquire a special gravitas or ethos simply because of their antiquity, language or origin,]]> 2022-02-04 23:32:51 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2030264794 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2031893037 Confirmation bias is when you search for, see, agree with, and share ideas and information that match your beliefs. ]]> 2022-02-06 22:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2031893037 https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2040891076 Hasty generalizations is when conclusions are drawn without being logically justified or is supported by biased information]]> 2022-02-10 18:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2040891076 waikawilson https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2040896788 A bias assumption that the other person you are talking to already has a background knowledge of the argument]]> 2022-02-10 18:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/molima/bhkdc4q3yccv07it/wish/2040896788