Re:No surprises here – On the absence of information in toda...
by brigandish on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @11:46PM
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Find good examples that are easy to understand and absurd enough to stick in your head. For example (ha) the fallacy of composition Wikipedia page has a good one[0]:
> "This tire is made of rubber, therefore the vehicle of which it is a part is also made of rubber."
The fallacy of division page[1] also has a good one:
> 1. The second grade in Jefferson elementary eats a lot of ice cream
> 2. Carlos is a second-grader in Jefferson elementary
> 3. Therefore, Carlos eats a lot of ice cream
You can also categorise large numbers of common fallacies, for instance fallacies of relevance, and then - which is the larger point about fallacies - you don't need to know which exact fallacy someone has committed (they don't care, for one) but you know it's fallacious because what their argument relies upon is irrelevant.
> "This tire is made of rubber, therefore the vehicle of which it is a part is also made of rubber."
The fallacy of division page[1] also has a good one:
> 1. The second grade in Jefferson elementary eats a lot of ice cream
> 2. Carlos is a second-grader in Jefferson elementary
> 3. Therefore, Carlos eats a lot of ice cream
You can also categorise large numbers of common fallacies, for instance fallacies of relevance, and then - which is the larger point about fallacies - you don't need to know which exact fallacy someone has committed (they don't care, for one) but you know it's fallacious because what their argument relies upon is irrelevant.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_composition
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_division
Edit: formatting