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Explanation:
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Appeal to Misleading
Authority
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Using an authority to
affirm a conclusion
when the authority is
not expert enough, in
the context, to assure
the conclusion.
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"My girlfriend, started to open her door and I grabbed her to stop her. She yelled that it was 'bigfoot'. I had heard of them, I mean who hasn't, but to be honest until that very moment, I would have never believed that they existed."
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I believe this ties into
creditability. Given that
his girlfriend was
asleep at the time, and
that she was able to
wake up in time to see
and account all the
details of the creature
just doesn't seem
credible.
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Hasty Generalization
Bandwagon
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A conclusion is
drawn from too small
a sample of evidence.
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"She sat up and screamed that were about to hit him. I locked the brakes of her truck up and when I did whatever it was stood up in the orad and started to run to our right towards to the woods. My girlfriend started to open her door and I grabbed her to stop her. She yelled that it was "bigfoot"
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Before she claims that
the creature is Bigfoot
she never saw
anything, but was
immediately able to
come to the
conclusion that it was
Bigfoot.
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Bandwagon
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A popular idea is
correct.
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"She yelled that it was bigfoot. I had heard of them, I mean who hasn't, but to be honest until that very moment, I would never have believed that they existed."
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He clearly admits that
he has not once
believed Bigfoot was
an actual creature, but
after his girlfriend
makes a hasty
conclusion he now
believes in the
creatures.
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Wishful Thinkin
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Something is true because I want it to be
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"I think it was around 7 feet tall. I am not too sure I do know it was quite a bit taller then myself. It was black in color but it had what looked like mud on its legs and arms."
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Because the
characteristics of
Bigfoot match up
to this made up image
of Bigfoot, then it
must be the creature
that they came across.
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Cum Hoc
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Two things that
happened at the same
time must have a
causal relationship.
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"I think it was around 7 feet tall. I am not sure if it was looking or feeding on the doe but it had been moved by it. You could see where the creature had shifted the animal on the road or at least it looked like that when I got out to look.
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Because the creature
has the appearance of
Bigfoot as well as the
as behaviors of one
then it must be true that
the thing they are
seeing is Bigfoo
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ReplyDeleteI agree with all the devices you have chosen. It connects well with each other. That is actually a lot of fallacies, very interesting.
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