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 Need for First Hand Accounts Fallacy is committed when someone refuses to accept an argument based on any evidence except personal experience. Trump We started out by discussing Trumps claim that historians can't know whether a Civil War battle took place because they weren't there. We followed that with this clip...
Show Notes The Silent Majority Fallacy is committed when someone assumes all or most of the people who aren't vocally disagreeing with them, in fact agree with them. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump implying people who don't protest his immigration policies are on his side: We followed that with this...
Show Notes The Argument by Vehemence is committed when someone gets loud, angry or indignant in place of making an actual argument. Trump We started out with this clip of Trump failing to answer a question about COVID: We followed that with this clip of Trump shouting over Biden in their first debate: Mark's British...
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...