Ask Your Questions About Logical Fallacies

Welcome! This is the place to ask the community of experts and other fallacyophites (I made up that word) if someone has a committed a fallacy or not. This is a great way to settle a dispute!


Dr. Bo's Criteria for Logical Fallacies:

  • It must be an error in reasoning not a factual error.
  • It must be commonly applied to an argument either in the form of the argument or in the interpretation of the argument.
  • It must be deceptive in that it often fools the average adult.
Therefore, we will define a logical fallacy as a concept within argumentation that commonly leads to an error in reasoning due to the deceptive nature of its presentation. Logical fallacies can comprise fallacious arguments that contain one or more non-factual errors in their form or deceptive arguments that often lead to fallacious reasoning in their evaluation.
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Is this manipulative

During a conversation Pastor Wooten and I were discussing the type of music that I enjoy. His reply, it's important to grow in your faith and become a mature Christian. You're not there yet, give it time. His rebuttal, after a few weeks later, when ...

asked on Friday, Mar 14, 2025 06:47:49 PM by Kris
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tu quoque or exemption to the rule?

This is an argument of mine recently. No one has accused me of this fallacy yet. It's something I was pondering after having said it:   If global warming is an issue regarding AI, then shouldn't it also stand to reason that using discord, no...

asked on Friday, Mar 07, 2025 08:41:39 PM by Jack
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Appeal to emotions

While the logical issues are real from a formal critical lens, some might argue that Pastor Wooten’s advice, when considered within its faith-based context, has merits of its own:   Holistic Life Examination • Supporters may conte...

asked on Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 07:03:17 PM by Kris
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What's wrong with this logic?

After agreeing with Pastor Wooten that the woman I was dating at the time wasn't a good fit for me, he replied now let's focus on your moderate alcohol consumption, the music you listen to, and the anatomy you study in art class. He said, Kris, sinc...

asked on Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 06:45:40 PM by Kris
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GMO VS Selective Breeding

I'm not sure if Neil deGrasse Tyson was the first to introduce this argument on behalf of Bill Gates, but his was the first argument I'm aware of. I recently saw a swarm of propagandists using the same argument on the Chinese social app RedNote. Th...

asked on Saturday, Mar 01, 2025 11:51:17 AM by David Blomstrom
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Fake Rocket VS Fake Moon Landing

In the video " Was the Moon Landing faked? "  Neil deGrasse tyson says, “The rocket did launch. We all saw the rocket launch.” He then talks about all the work that went into constructing the Apollo rocket, generating piles of bluep...

asked on Saturday, Mar 01, 2025 11:41:49 AM by David Blomstrom
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What's wrong with this logic?

Paying rent, cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, cutting the grass, and changing a flat tire is not a flex. Most adults should be able to do these tasks. If that's all men/women have to bring to the table, that's pretty sad! One could say being able t...

asked on Saturday, Mar 01, 2025 01:35:28 AM by Kris
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What's wrong with this logic?

My former pastor told me Kris do you know the definition of insanity? He replied, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Kris, take a look outside. Inside our church has got to be better than what's out there. Kris, if y...

asked on Sunday, Feb 23, 2025 12:52:57 AM by Kris
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Fallacies?

Trump has you guys literally grading evil on a curve. If Trump locked a woman in a basement, forced her to have his babies, and then burned the house down with her in it to hide the evidence, you'd say, ‘At least he’s not a cannibal beca...

asked on Thursday, Feb 20, 2025 12:10:15 PM by Kris
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what logical fallacies are being committed here?

Person 1: you are clouded by misinformation from Russia. person 2: you are a dictator, because you didn't call for an election when you time to be in office was over. Yes person 1 did not call for an election because his nation is being attacked b...

asked on Thursday, Feb 20, 2025 10:01:47 AM by Burtons
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