False premises and logical fallacies
A logical fallacy is reasoning that contains a flaw.
Many logical fallacies rely on false premises:
- Appeal to nature - claiming something is good because it is "natural". Some natural things, like cyanide, is very bad for you.
- False dilemma - a limited number of options are presented as mutually exclusive or as the only options.
- The appeal to novelty - when something is assumed good because it is new.
- The argument from incredulity - someone concludes that because they can't believe something is true, then it must be false.
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