Category: Logic and Fallacies

The “Fallacy of Relative Privation,” also known as the “Not As Bad As” fallacy, is on full display in this Disclose.TV meme. Disclose.TV is a Facebook page that is a great stomping ground for teaching critical thinking — they have fallacies galore when presenting arguments about aliens, UFOs, and the like. I offered the singular…

“I would love for the media to have a month without polls. What is the value of these polls? If I am making a decision about a candidate, I want to weigh their record. Do I care what my neighbor thinks, or the person next to me? I want to make an independent decision.” —…

Here’s your article with grammar and spelling corrections: The Echo Chamber Effect What David Byrne says is true, but this is not limited to Trump supporters. By describing the “echo chamber” effect only in terms of Trump supporters, one may inadvertently reinforce the echo chamber created by non-Trump supporters — committing the error of assuming…