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...
Show Notes The Appeal to Fiction Fallacy is committed when someone tries to use something that happened in a work of fiction to back up their claim about the real world. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump making various claims about the border, many of which were in fact things...
Show Notes The Broken Window Fallacy is committed when someone tries to claim when a bad thing happens, that good things will result from it, which makes it OK. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump claiming tariffs, which raise prices for US consumers, will make the US a richer nation: We...
Show Notes The Sunk Cost Fallacy is committed when someone justifies maintaining or extending a course of action based on the cost already incurred (whether in terms of money, time, effort or intellectual capital). Trump We started out with this clip of Trump justifying sending 4000 more troops into Afghanistan in August of...