There are dozens of textbook logical fallacies. Learning how to spot them and avoid them can reduce many forms of bias. Ironically, however, committing logical fallacies can sometimes make a ...

For example, the logical fallacy of the bandwagon is used by McDonald’s (MCD) when displaying over “100 billion” served on their store signs.

However, the human mind is the irrational elephant in the room, causing many thinkers to misidentify and abuse logical fallacies over the course of a debate. Steven Novella, president of the New ...

Anger Logical Fallacies and Games Without End: Countermoves Illogical worst case scenarios, personal attacks, unending games: how to respond Posted September 3, 2013 ...

This single example is intended to serve as a general warning. This popular fallacy will proliferate, and proliferate some more, during this period of boiling hot political antagonisms.

The very same logical fallacies that Aristotle warned Athens about end up being used by scrawny dope fiends, obsessively compulsive gamblers, and only-after-5pm alcoholics.