Fallacies

Many of us use them, often without even consciously realizing it and or many of us just simply fall for them. But what are fallacies really? And why do we unintentionally get caught up in them?

A fallacy is a statement, belief, opinion or argument containing or based off of inncorrect or erroneous reasoning with invalid inferences that may seem or appear believable, thus they have a deceptive quality about them with a tendency to mislead individuals or groups.

There are many forms of fallacies... here are a few examples:

The "Slippery Slope" Fallacy assumes that in just taking one step... all is lost (at the bottom of a hill, so to speak).

The "Appeal to Probability" Fallacy assumes that because something may happen, enevitable it is going to happen and is where the principles of "Murphy's Law" comes from:

Murphy's law

THE PRIME AXIOM: In any field of scientific endeavor, anything that can go wrong, will.

2. If the possibility exists of several things going wrong, the one that will go wrong is the one that will do the most damage.

3. Everything will go wrong at one time.

3.1 That time is always when you least expect it.

4. If nothing can go wrong, something will.

5. Nothing is as easy as it looks.

6. Everything takes longer than you think.

7. Left to themselves, things always go from bad to worse.

8. Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.

9. Given the most inappropriate time for something to go wrong, that's when it will occur.

10. Mother Nature is a... biznich.

10.1 The universe is not indifferent to intelligence, it is actively hostile to it.

11. If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlookedsomething.

12. If in any problem you find yourself doing an immense amount of work, the answer can be obtained by simple inspection.

13. Never make anything simple and efficient when a way can be found to make it complex and wonderful.

14. If it doesn't fit, use a bigger hammer.

15. In an instrument or device characterized by a number of plus-or-minus errors, the total error will be the sum of all the errors adding in the same direction.

16. In any given calculation, the fault will never be placed if more than one person is involved.

16.1 In any given discovery, the credit will never be properly placed if more than one person is involved.

17. All warranty and guarantee clauses become invalid upon payment of the final invoice.

18. Murphy's Law: "If there are two or more ways to do something, and one of those ways can result in a catastrophe, then someone will do it."

Fallacies of The "Ad Hominem" (meaning, against the person) and the "Tu Quoque" (or, "you too!") focuses the attention on people instead of the evidence for the argument at hand.

The "Fallacy of Revelence", also known as a "Red Herring" takes place when someone successfully distracts others with information irrelevant to the current argument, as to be "thrown off track", so to speak.

Due to my extensive difficulties and lack of ability to upload a video for your convenience, I invite you to go to the link below to view information regarding "Red Herrings". Enjoy!
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v6353774YmDfQ5cW

Do we seriously believe this turkey is really wishing us a happy thankgiving? Doubt it.