Whether intentional or accidental, using logical fallacies ultimately damages your credibility. Including logical fallacies in your arguments accidentally is also problematic. While using logical fallacies intentionally as comedy is fine-no one is trying to deceive or mislead the audience who is “in on the joke”-using them intentionally to distract or mislead is irresponsible and dishonest. When the deliverer of the argument knows it’s ridiculous, the effect can be entertaining. Logical fallacies can also be used as a source of humor. Their bold, distracting arguments can work! Logical fallacies are popular in politics and advertising, but also appear in our personal conversations, as the frantic teenage driver-to-be reminds us. Logical fallacies are an easy way to strike a blow at an opponent or an opposing idea. Are as many people facing health consequences from consuming inorganic food as there are facing health consequences of smoking? Why Do People Use Logical Fallacies? While organic food may be a healthier option, to compare consuming inorganic food to inhaling dangerous carcinogens is an irresponsible reach. The organic food ad argues that eating non-organic food is on the same level as smoking. You let your kids eat non-organic food? You might as well let them smoke cigarettes.Even if you never pass the test (which is unlikely), you can use public transportation! This far-fetched outcome is easily dismantled with some perspective: If you fail the test, you take it again.
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The hopeful teenaged driver lets panic overtake reason, arguing that the driving test results will determine all future success or failure in their life. I’ll never make any money or be able to take care of myself and will have absolutely no future.
Solid arguments can stand up to scrutiny. Their power to convince exists because they are built on logic and supported by honest thinking, relevant facts, evidence, and/or examples. Solid arguments are based on evidence and reason.
Why Recognizing Logical Fallacies Is Important.