Tag: fallacies

Reductio Ad Absurdum

February 9, 2012
Hello! Today's fallacy is Reductio ad absurdum, which was invented by the Gauls on a Thursday about 2000 years ago. Pardon me for being brief, but I'm already late with this post and I have filler comics to do for...
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Slippery Slope

February 7, 2012
Today's fallacy is brought to you by Slip-N-Scrape Intersystem Waterpark Construct! Get wet with style at Slip-N-Scrape with a $5 coupon on the sides of cans of Fentaliphytrate Grib protozoan drink. Hopefully I got it right this time, yesterday's fallacy...
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Begging The Question

February 6, 2012
If you know the correct meaning and usage of the phrase "Begging the Question," congratulations! You have dedicated precious brain cells to the task of remembering something that is of practically negative value in current conversational spheres. I need you...
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Argument From Personal Incredulity

February 2, 2012
Why are some theists so quick to claim that atheism is a religion? I would think they'd be happy to keep their distance. Do they want to ensure that atheists get the same excellent tax benefits? Concern for their well-being?...
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Ad Ignorantiam

February 1, 2012
I envision a huge industrial-sized woodchipper, running day and night, somewhere in the middle of an enchanted forest. Almost every inch of it is stained blue.
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Ad Hominem

January 31, 2012
There is, on average, a presidential debate every fifteen minutes somewhere in the United States. They all begin to blur together after a while: noise, rhetoric and meaningless slander. They ought to get it over with and sell popcorn and...
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