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Fallacy Identified |
Definition |
In text example |
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Appeal to Misleading Authority |
Using an
authority to affirm a conclusion when the authority is not expert enough, in
the context, to assure the conclusion. |
“My husband
grew up hunting there, but I have only been hunting in there for the past 4-5
years.” |
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“A couple of
acquaintances of my husband, a father & son, was looking for a public
land spot to hunt deer. He gave them a tour of the spots off of that dirt
road. These guys moved here from bear country, so let that be known.” (Son
spotted the creature and it wasn’t a bear) |
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Accent |
The way you
emphasize a word makes the conclusion seem more true. |
“At this
point I knew he saw something but I wasn't REALLY ready to call it Bigfoot” |
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“It has a
VERY good sense of smell that would rival that of a dog/hog/deer.” |
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Hasty
generalization |
A conclusion
is drawn from too small a sample of evidence. |
“It was
the deepest most guttural GRR-UMPH. We don't really have bear here but I
fully expected to turn around to a grizzly bear as loud & deep as the
growl was, but I didn't see anything.” |
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Emotional
Appeal |
Something is
true because it makes us feel good or untrue because it doesn’t. |
This makes my
husband VERY uncomfortable |
BFRO Report 63665: Multiple incidents reported by multiple hunters near Sam Rayburn Lake
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