One of the most difficult fallacies to recognize, define, and combat is that of a false analogy—two things may share some similarities and are assumed to be alike in other respects without sufficient ...

Author Sander van Linden explains how to build immunity against misinformation, similar to vaccines that protect against pathogens.

False equivalences are often used together with other logical fallacies and rhetorical techniques. For example, raising a fallacious ‘red herring’ to distract people from the topic under ...

How to spot and call out a logical fallacy at workplace Faulty reasoning is as harmful as unconscious bias, and takes many forms to preserve unfair status quo in organisations ...

The red herring logical fallacy is very often used -- so often you may not even notice when it comes into play. Here's one example: On June 9, 2022, U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, tweeted in ...

Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom investigates.

Logic, the science of constructing and analyzing arguments, is a forgotten discipline.