Show Notes The Toupée Fallacy is a type of Argument from Ignorance where someone doesn't notice evidence that would prove that they don't notice confounding evidence, such as when someone claims that all toupées are bad because they've never seen a convincing one (possibly because if it was convincing, they wouldn't...
Show Notes The Appeal to Loyalty Fallacy is committed when someone suggests you should believe a truth claim due to the loyalty you feel to the person making the claim, or suggests that if you don't believe something you are being disloyal. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump on the...
Show Notes The Reification Fallacy is committed when someone suggests an abstract concept is real and has intent or agency. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump on Antifa: We followed that with this clip of Trump claiming 'science' doesn't know what he knows: And finally we looked at this failed attempt by...
Show Notes The Incomplete Comparison fallacy is committed when someone suggests a thing is better or worse, without specifying what it is better or worse than. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump on the cost of the Paris Climate Accord: We followed that with this clip of Trump describing Boris Johnson...
Show Notes The Fractal Wrongness Fallacy is committed when someone's argument is based on logic or premises so wrong that they are wrong at every level from detail to worldview. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump misunderstanding both the stock market and the National Debt in one go: We followed that...
Show Notes The Amazing Familiarity Fallacy is committed when someone makes an argument based on information they couldn't possibly have, such as what someone else is thinking. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump claiming to know what the Founding Fathers wanted: We followed that with this clip of Trump falsely claiming...
Show Notes The Argument from Silence Fallacy is committed when someone assumes that no response from their opponent is is proof that they are right. Trump We started out with this this quote from Trump's book "How to Get Rich" “All of the women on ‘The Apprentice’ flirted with me — consciously or unconsciously....
Show Notes The Survivorship Bias Fallacy is committed when someone makes an argument based on a biased sample that only includes items that have survived some kind of selection pressure. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump literally talking to a group of survivors: We followed that with this Trump tweet: And finally...
Show Notes The Conflating Views Fallacy is committed when someone conflates the opinions or actions of multiple people within a group and suggests if those views conflict that the group is hypocritical. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump claiming people who wanted the wall then complained about getting the wall: We...
Show Notes The Gotcha Argument is used by people who are backing into a corner and unable to answer a tough question. So they accuse their opponent of asking a 'gotcha' question. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump unable to answer a question about Islamic military leaders: We followed that with...