Explicit and implicit premises

When you respond to the use of false premises, you should generally call them out as false, explain why they're false, and how them being false invalidates the argument.

• False premises can be implicit rather than explicit.
• It can also be helpful to ask the p...

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.

We tolerate meetings that don't stay on track because we tell ourselves there is nothing we can do - that we can't interrupt because it would be rude. We also worry that we might be rejected, so we sit through long meetings.

Elon Musk once wrote an email to his staff saying that th...