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Logical fallacies are mistakes in arguments. For example, if someone says that something is better solely because it is more "natural," this is the appeal to nature fallacy. If someone presents two ...

There’s a segment of our society that is exceptional in their employment of logical fallacies. One can only marvel and wonder why this is so, since they’re equally adept at self-professing their ...