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Revision as of 16:26, January 17, 2009
Common fallacies are arguments that have a logical fallacy inherent in them, yet are still commonly accepted by people who:
- have difficulties with abstract thinking
- are young students, or are adults unwilling to reconsider opinions they formed as students
- exercise their free will to embrace fallacies without concern for whether they are flawed
Examples of common fallacies are:
- a theory should be accepted until a better alternative is found
- rates of recession or decay observed today are somehow constant for extrapolation backwards in time
- higher taxes must produce more revenue for the government
- fewer guns must reduce the rate of crime
- choice is somehow meaningful regardless of whether it is informed
- human thought can answer any question
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