Show Notes The Honor by Association Fallacy occurs when someone tries to make themselves look better because of a connection to a positive person or concept. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump invoking Lincoln to make the GOP look good: Then we looked at this collection of clips of Trump...
While we went to all the trouble of making a special video version of episode 100, we don't mind too much if you prefer just to listen to the audio version like usual, so here it is: Show Notes The False Consensus fallacy occurs when someone makes an argument based on their...
Show Notes The Anecdotal Fallacy is committed when someone allows an anecdote to lend far more weight to an argument than it warrants. Trump We started out by talking about this clip of Trump claiming an employee of his had a child who was made autistic by a vaccine: Then we talked about this...
Show Notes Typically, the burden of proof lies with the person making the claim. The more outrageous the claim, the more the claimant should be expected to provide evidence before anyone is likely to believe him. When the claimant instead challenges others to prove his claim is not true he is Shifting...
Show Notes The fallacy of Hasty Generalization is committed when an assumption is made based on too little information. It may, for example, be that a small sample of a large group has been observed, and the properties of this sample are assumed to be present in the larger group. This is...
Show Notes Trump likes to talk about ‘many people’ doing, thinking or saying something, to give the impression that whatever they are doing, thinking or saying is correct. In doing so, he is arguing from the popularity of an idea, rather than using evidence to show the idea is true. This...