How to Spot Logical Fallacies

Logical fallacies are flaws in reasoning that can make arguments misleading, manipulative, or outright deceptive. This video breaks down 15 common logical fallacies-from Ad Hominem and Strawman to False Dichotomies and Appeals to Emotion-helping you recognise when someone is using bad logic to win an argument, dodge responsibility, or push an agenda.
Whether you're debating online, dealing with trolls, or just sharpening your critical thinking skills, knowing these fallacies will help you avoid being misled and level up your reasoning skills!
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[@DarrenFMagee]

Transcripts available on Substack darrenfmagee.substack.com/p/recognising-logical-fallacies and Patreon www.patreon.com/posts/recognising-121487152

[@psychicconsultant453]

Glad to see you back safe and well after the storms.

[@allieeverett9017]

My undergrad course in logic wasn't nearly as entertaining as you are 😂 Such an enjoyable vid!

[@creativelife2585]

Your description of these is hilarious lol

[@minnae.1747]

Great topic! This helps with argumentative people - not to change their mind but to give me peace. I could just laminate the list and carry it with me, lol.

[@Antonypradeepcan]

Probably sunk cost fallacy, (i guess that ruins anybody in narcissistic relationship stays for long time) and shiny object syndrome -sos costed so much in my life. Very nice video Darren! :) those fallacies needs series :)

[@psychicconsultant453]

"What is a dog?" "Not a cat" 🤣🤣🤣

[@kellydalstok8900]

Baldrick?

[@cairosilver2932]

"If you have friends you'll spend more time with them than me. I don't at all think you will abandon me, but even one second you spent with a friend rather than with me is MY second! You cannot have friends because that is MY time!" I've heard it put that narcissist fear rejection rather than abandonment (indeed they think you're always there for their benefit) and I think it fits here as well.

[@IzabelaWaniek-i1x]

Thank you do much for your help and support Darren.

[@joydavis1670]

Wow. Very good information here. Thank you so much

[@SChiasson3]

Thanks!

[@DarrenFMagee]

You’re welcome and thank you for your kind support

[@icy-hearted-angel]

Thank-you so much.

[@kennethlapointesongwriter3330]

Love it because I'm an empath but also scrutinize almost everything with logical reasoning. Not only narcs do these things...so many other people do too. Like a scourge imo. How about putting forward an opinion AS IF its fact or true. I see that all day long. In their minds opinion is fact. Uh, no it isn't. And huge sweeping 'absolute' generalities which actually can't be proven true or false, because its too general. "Men are pigs". "The American people want this, don't want that, blah blah Blah." The bandwagon...yup...I know someone who thinks the bigger number of people agreeing about something MAKES it true. Most people agreed the earth was flat once...did that make it true? Agreement has nothing to do necessarily with truth.

[@smichh5249]

Critical thinking seems to be in short supply at this point in time

[@jaymason7097]

The fallacy fallacy wasn’t quite right. It is this: you commit a fallacy therefore your entire argument is wrong. The explanation is that just because you have a fallacious argument does not mean that your claim is false. Example: I know the sky is blue because everybody knows the sky is blue. The claim “the sky is blue” is true but the rational is a fallacy.

[@yvetteandjorgenlarsen9753]

Childish Shallowness is the frustrating root cause of all of these. Grow up!

[@LastSaturday09]

You should share this with Donald J. Trump.