They could just let the whole scheme expire and save themselves and law-abiding gun owners a lot of time and expense.

In this video, we discuss logical fallacies, which are common patterns of reasoning that lead to mistakes in our arguments and understanding of the world. Examples covered include ad hominem ...

Argumentum ad populum is another type of a logical fallacy that argues for the truth of a claim based on its widespread belief. “If many say he’s innocent, he must be.” This is a popular ...

Argumentum ad populum is another type of a logical fallacy that argues for the truth of a claim based on its widespread belief. “If many say he’s innocent, he must be.” This is a popular ...

Filmed as a British commercial for Sony Bravia TV sets, 250,000 bouncy balls were launched down San Francisco hills in one of the most surreal weeks in the city’s history, resulting in a short ...

Trump might have started lobbing logical fallacies at business rivals in closed-door real estate negotiations decades ago, tested them in public on the advice of his old legal enforcer Roy Cohn as ...

Recognizing the logical fallacies at play — from appeals to emotion and confirmation bias to straw man attacks and ad hominem distractions — can help us pause and reflect rather than passively ...

A quick guide to logical fallacies. Fallacies include ad hominem, appeals to authority, the fallacy fallacy, circular arguments, etc.

When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' or 'whataboutism' to seem more convincing.

To persuade you, people often try to use logical fallacies (Credit: Javier Hirschfeld) When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ...