00:01
I don't see any reason to wear a helmet when i ride a bike.
00:03
The fallacy here is appeal to ignorance.
00:11
The statement assumes that because the speaker personally doesn't see a reason for wearing a helmet, no such reason exists.
00:16
The argument's based on the absence of evidence in the speaker's own mind rather than providing evidence or reasoning why helmets are unnecessary or ineffective.
00:25
Everyone bikes without a helmet.
00:27
This fallacy is the bandwagon fallacy.
00:32
This assumes that because everyone is doing something like biking without a helmet, it must be the correct or reasonable choice.
00:39
The popularity of an action does not necessarily make it correct or safe.
00:43
It's ridiculous to worry about protecting america's national parks against commercial development when innocent people are being killed by terrorists.
00:51
That's red herring.
00:53
This introduces a distraction, terrorist attacks, to divert attention away from the issue of protecting national parks.
00:59
The two issues are unrelated and should be addressed separately.
01:04
There could be no doubt that the great depression was caused by herbert hoover.
01:07
He became president of march 1929 and the stock market crashes seven months later.
01:12
The fallacy here is the post hoc ergo proctor hawk, which is a false cause.
01:19
But its official name, post hoc, ergo proctor hawk.
01:28
So this statement incorrectly assumes that because hoover's presidency followed the stock market crash, he must have caused the great depression.
01:34
It confuses temporal sequence with causation, ignoring the complex issue.
01:38
That cause the great depression.
01:43
Now that we allow the children of illegal immigrants to attend public schools, it's only a matter of time before those kids grew up and vote for candidates who will open our border completely.
01:50
Eventually, our entire government will be run by illegal immigrants.
01:53
The fallacy here is a slippery slope.
01:58
This suggests that a relatively small first step will inevitably lead to extreme outcomes...