It is a fallacy to think because someone is elected president he is a smart person. From LearnThat.org.
The main fallacy is that the tax does not acknowledge the largely static nature of short term energy demand. From Wordnik.com. [Oil: Marginal vs. Average Cost, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
A subset of this fallacy is the pervasive view that securities trading is a zero-sum game. From Wordnik.com. [Exuberance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
A fallacy is an argument based on a false premise. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Did Palin write the answers to Tea Party Convention questions on her hand?] Reference
No, but the tu quoque fallacy is getting tiresome too. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Another extraordinary fallacy is the dread of night air. From Wordnik.com. [Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not] Reference
Well, no dispute here, but whose fallacy is this supposed to be?. From Wordnik.com. [Buying Virtue] Reference
The liberal fallacy is that we can feed anyone, anywhere, anytime. From Wordnik.com. [The Fallacy Of Infinite Power] Reference
The fallacy is what E.T. Jaynes called the mind projection fallacy. From Wordnik.com. [Climate Science is an Experimental Science | Serendipity] Reference
This particular logical fallacy is called “circular definition”. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Far-Right European Posters] Reference
At least these voters are well informed and not living in fallacy land. From Wordnik.com. [Schneider: Voters in both states say Obama will be the nominee] Reference
Another fallacy is that there is not enough in this world for everybody. From Wordnik.com. [World Unrest] Reference
The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside. From Wordnik.com. [As I Please] Reference
A fallacy is "an argument which provides poor reasoning in support of its conclusion.". From Wordnik.com. [Attached to Strings] Reference
I think the logic fallacy is equating IRANIAN TERRORISM With that of HEZBALLAH and HAMAS. From Wordnik.com. [Vegans Thwart FBI’s Anti-Terror Program - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
To which I have to say, the fallacy is in limiting SF to stories about space exploration. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
The fallacy is in rejecting an argument because of the (alleged) nature of the proponent. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
The fallacy is in saying “we can prove that A is true because we know that A is true.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Beg the Question”] Reference
The much touted fallacy is the sun is getting hotter ergo this is the cause of global warming. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Columnist Grossly Distorts Study To Argue ‘We Can’t Do Much’ About Global Warming] Reference
Kornbelt888: A fallacy is "an argument which provides poor reasoning in support of its conclusion.". From Wordnik.com. [Attached to Strings] Reference
That's total hooey – Every other civilized nation on the planet does it, so the fallacy is obvious. From Wordnik.com. [Can't We All Be Friends?] Reference
A popular fallacy is to assume that Hitler represents an isolated phenomenon superimposed on Germany. From Wordnik.com. [Canada and the Empire of Tomorrow] Reference
The implied fallacy is that the character of a speaker doesn't reflect on the strength of his argument. From Wordnik.com. [Why Not Wrestle With a Pig?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
A further fallacy is to assume that there is only one sequence configuration to produce a binding site. From Wordnik.com. [Behe's Two-Binding-Sites Rule] Reference
Palin's use of the "death panel" fallacy is text book red herring to provide a distraction to scare people. From Wordnik.com. [Palin warns of 'disturbing' health care rationing] Reference
For me, it's too vague to make any claim about what economic theory or fallacy is underlying the paragraph. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-04-01] Reference
The fallacy is if we all boycott them then the blame the lack of sales on piracy, which is already the case. From Wordnik.com. [Big Music wants Britanny Chan] Reference
In this case, the fallacy is the supposed "end of paramilitarism.". From Wordnik.com. [Plan Colombia and Beyond] Reference
It seems safe to call a fallacy the idea that civilization excludes wild life. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpts from Aldo Leopold's Writings] Reference
The ecological fallacy occurs whenever one tries to infer from averages to individuals. From Wordnik.com. [Home/News] Reference
It's sometimes very effective in that implied within the fallacy is a charge of hypocrisy. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
According to traditional accounts, a fallacy is a pattern of poor reasoning which appears to be. From Wordnik.com. [Informal Logic] Reference
The false dilemma fallacy limits the choices given even if other valid choices are there but not used. From Wordnik.com. [Is Howard Zinn a Parasite?] Reference
In logic and rhetoric, a fallacy is a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning in argumentation. From Wordnik.com. [The Freedom Fighter's Journal] Reference
This is called the fallacy of subjective (or personal) validation, the "I tried it and it worked" argument. From Wordnik.com. [Want to Help Save 34 Billion a Year in Health Care Costs? Be a Skeptic] Reference
I still haven't gotten into Schiff's fallacy, which is that a "consumption tax" somehow will stimulate saving. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The fallacy occurs when someone asserts that the lack of evidence against a claim means that the claim is true. From Wordnik.com. [Soft on Iran?] Reference
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