Informal fallacies with Dr. Michael Labossiere, Gnostic Media Podcast episode #062

Ad Hominem: "Against the man," attacking a person and not the argument.

Appealing to authority: may be appropriate when the authority is credible (ex. quoting a computer scientist about computer science) for the domain.

Appeal to Belief: accepting evidence because other people believe the claims.

Appeal to Common Practice: accepting a claim because of the number of people who already do something.

Appeal to Consequence: accepting a claim because not accepting the claim could have negative consequences

Appeal to Emotion: accepting a claim because it is emotionally comfy; ex. exploiting someone's fears.

If you want to persuade people then mastering fallacies is useful

Appeal to Novelty: accepting a claim based on what is newer is better

Appeal to Popularity: accepting a claim because it is popular

Appeal to Mockery: accepting a claim so you will not be mocked and ridiculed

Appeal to Spite: being spiteful if the claim is not accepted

Appeal to Antiquity/Tradition: accepting a claim because the claim is old

Bandwagon Effect: the desire to be on a side because it is winning

Begging the Question, Circular reasoning: assert as true what still requires to be proven

Biased sampling: reasoning from a data set with too small of a sample size

Burden of Proof: the party who has to prove the claims

Composition: assuming what is true in parts must be true in whole

Real Dilemma: when only two choices are genuinely available

False Dilemma: when only two choices are presented, but more choices exist

Gambler's Fallacy: if there is a 1 in 10 chance of an event, then rolling the dice more times should increase the odds of a hit.