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The 10 Commandments Of Logical Fallacies


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1. Thou shall not attack the person’s character, but the argument. (Ad hominem) 

2. Thou shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a person’s argument in order to make them easier to attack. (Straw man fallacy) 

3. Thou shall not use small numbers to represent the whole. (Hasty generalization) 

4. Thou shall not argue thy position by assuming one of its premises is true. (Begging the question) 

5. Thou shall not claim that because something occurred before, it must be the cause. (Post Hoc/False cause) 

6. Thou shall not reduce the argument down to two possibilities. (False dichotomy) 

7. Thou shall not argue that because of our ignorance, claim must be true or false. (Ad ignorantum) 

8. Thou shall not lay the burden of proof onto him that is questioning the claim. (Burden of proof reversal) 

9. Thou shall not assume “this” follows “that” when it has no logical connection. (Non sequitur) 

10. Thou shall not claim that because a premise is popular, therefore it must be true.(Bandwagon fallacy)

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1. Thou shall not attack the person’s character, but the argument. (Ad hominem) 

2. Thou shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a person’s argument in order to make them easier to attack. (Straw man fallacy) 

3. Thou shall not use small numbers to represent the whole. (Hasty generalization) 

4. Thou shall not argue thy position by assuming one of its premises is true. (Begging the question) 

5. Thou shall not claim that because something occurred before, it must be the cause. (Post Hoc/False cause) 

6. Thou shall not reduce the argument down to two possibilities. (False dichotomy) 

7. Thou shall not argue that because of our ignorance, claim must be true or false. (Ad ignorantum) 

8. Thou shall not lay the burden of proof onto him that is questioning the claim. (Burden of proof reversal) 

9. Thou shall not assume “this” follows “that” when it has no logical connection. (Non sequitur) 

10. Thou shall not claim that because a premise is popular, therefore it must be true.(Bandwagon fallacy)

 

You are dumb for arguing that Satan worship is the one true religion. Five people agree with me, therefore basically everyone does. And since I'm right, you are wrong. One time I saw you make the typo "Satan" instead of "Santa", which proves that even then you were a despicable Satan-worshipper. As we all know, you can either be a Catholic or a Satan-worshipper. Besides, you don't know for sure that you're not a Satan worshipper, nor does anyone else. In fact, prove that you are not. All this does is prove that you will go to any length to get attention and de-fraud Dust. Everyone agrees with me.

 

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You are dumb for arguing that Satan worship is the one true religion. Five people agree with me, therefore basically everyone does. And since I'm right, you are wrong. One time I saw you make the typo "Satan" instead of "Santa", which proves that even then you were a despicable Satan-worshipper. As we all know, you can either be a Catholic or a Satan-worshipper. Besides, you don't know for sure that you're not a Satan worshipper, nor does anyone else. In fact, prove that you are not. All this does is prove that you will go to any length to get attention and de-fraud Dust. Everyone agrees with me.

 

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What is this?

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Not The Philosopher

Everyone knows that the best way to prove your point is to take an inconsistent set of premises and deduce whatever conclusion you need by way of ex falso quodlibet.

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You are dumb for arguing that Satan worship is the one true religion. Five people agree with me, therefore basically everyone does. And since I'm right, you are wrong. One time I saw you make the typo "Satan" instead of "Santa", which proves that even then you were a despicable Satan-worshipper. As we all know, you can either be a Catholic or a Satan-worshipper. Besides, you don't know for sure that you're not a Satan worshipper, nor does anyone else. In fact, prove that you are not. All this does is prove that you will go to any length to get attention and de-fraud Dust. Everyone agrees with me.

 

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Well done, sir!



1. Thou shall not attack the person’s character, but the argument. (Ad hominem) 

2. Thou shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a person’s argument in order to make them easier to attack. (Straw man fallacy) 

3. Thou shall not use small numbers to represent the whole. (Hasty generalization) 

4. Thou shall not argue thy position by assuming one of its premises is true. (Begging the question) 

5. Thou shall not claim that because something occurred before, it must be the cause. (Post Hoc/False cause) 

6. Thou shall not reduce the argument down to two possibilities. (False dichotomy) 

7. Thou shall not argue that because of our ignorance, claim must be true or false. (Ad ignorantum) 

8. Thou shall not lay the burden of proof onto him that is questioning the claim. (Burden of proof reversal) 

9. Thou shall not assume “this” follows “that” when it has no logical connection. (Non sequitur) 

10. Thou shall not claim that because a premise is popular, therefore it must be true.(Bandwagon fallacy)

 

If you're going to use "thou," then you must use "shalt". Edit.

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