1 It’s fallacy FACE-OFFFACE-OFF the game of quick, critical thinking where logic rules and fallacy...

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It’sfallacyFACE-OFFFACE-OFF FACE-OFFFACE-OFF

the game of quick, critical thinking where logic rules and fallacy flounders

Can You Name this Fallacy?Can You Name this Fallacy?Can You Name this Fallacy?Can You Name this Fallacy?

Joanna Hayes should write a book about the central Intelligence Agency. She has starred in three films that show the inner workings of the agency.

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It is ridiculous to have spent thousands of dollars to rescue those two whales trapped in the Arctic ice. Why look at all the people trapped in jobs they don’t like.

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Every time my roommate has a math test, she becomes extremely nervous. Clearly she isn’t good at math.

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Any intelligent person would understand that war is necessary to preserve peace in the middle east.

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What else is illogical here?What else is illogical here?What else is illogical here?What else is illogical here?

Any intelligent person would understand that war is necessary to preserve peace in the middle east.

Plagiarism is deceitful because it is dishonest.

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The local political coalition to protect the environment would get my support if its leaders did not drive cars that are such gas hogs.

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Water fluoridation affects the brain. Citywide, student’s test scores began to drop five months after fluoridation began.

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What’s Illogical Here?What’s Illogical Here?What’s Illogical Here?What’s Illogical Here?

TALKING HEADS

Reading good literature is the one way to appreciate culture.

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Your grade is your grade because I said so and that’s the end of the discussion.

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I know three redheads who have terrible tempers, and since Annabel has red hair, I’ll bet she has a terrible temper too.

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Supreme Court Justice Byron White was an All-American football player while in college, so how can you say that athletes are dumb?

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If Cher uses Equal, it must taste better than Sweet ‘n Low.

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Why should we put people on trial when we know they are guilty?

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Since good nutrition is essential to the health of its citizens, the government should punish people who eat junk food.

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Children who watch Frasier rather than Friends receive higher grades in school. So it must be true that Frasier is more educational than Friends.

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You support capital punishment just because you want an “eye for an eye,” but I have several good reasons to believe that capital punishment is fundamentally wrong…

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The meteorologist predicted the wrong amount of rain for May. Obviously the meteorologist is unreliable.

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Trust me. You should eat plenty of soy products; they are good for you.

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He’s a columnist for the campus newspaper, so he must be a pretty good writer.

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Studies show that drinking coffee is actually good for you because it contains antioxidants.

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We should encourage a return to arranged marriages in this country since marriages based on romantic love haven’t been very successful.

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You know Jane Fonda’s exercise video’s must be worth the money. Look at the great shape she’s in.

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Physical education should be required because physical activity is healthful.

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To those people who constantly say you’ve got to listen to those younger people, they have got to say something, I just don’t buy that at all. They smoke more pot than we do and if the younger generation are the hundred thousand kids that lay around a field up in Woodstock, New York, I am not going to trust the destiny of the country to that group.

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That candidate was poor as a child, so he will certainly be sympathetic to the poor if he is elected.

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Governor Jones was elected two years ago. Since that time constant examples of corruption and subversion have been unearthed. It is time to get rid of the man responsible for this kind of corrupt government.

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Are we going to vote a pay increase for our teachers, or are we going to allow our schools to deteriorate into substandard custodial institutions?

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You see, the priests were right. After we threw the virgins into the volcano, it quit erupting.

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People who are pro-choice just don’t think that a fetus is a real life; I can easily prove them wrong.

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GAME OVERGAME OVERGAME OVERGAME OVER

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