Show Notes The Contrarian Fallacy occurs when someone reflexively opposes something without any attempt to offer evidence or counter arguments. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump denying his own tax returns: And then we looked at this clip of Trump lying about his opposition to the Iraq invasion: Finally, we discussed...
Show Notes Apophasis occurs when someone raises a subject by claiming they are not going to mention it. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump insulting Rand Paul: And then we looked at this clip of Trump insulting Carly Fiorina Finally, we talked about this tweet in which Trump insulted Kim Jong...
Show Notes Affirming the Consequent is a formal logical fallacy taking the form: If P then Q Q Therefore, P eg: If I am a bird, I have two legs. I have two legs. Therefore I am a bird. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump explaining why high COVID numbers are a good thing, actually: And...
Show Notes The Morton's Fork Fallacy is committed when someone suggests two seemingly different choices actually lead to the same negative result. Trump We started out by discussing this clip of Trump claiming that both testing and not testing for Covid in the White House will result in him being vilified by the...
Show Notes The Appeal to Nature is committed when someone assumes that something that is natural is therefore good, or something that is unnatural or artificial is therefore bad. Trump We started out with Trump complaining about artificial lights: We followed that with this 2001 Op Ed from Mike Pence: Then we looked at this...
Show Notes The Equivocation fallacy relies on using a word with more than one meaning to set up a misleading argument. Often the word will be used in one sense in the premise, and in the other sense in the conclusion, implying that because the word is the same, the meanings...