This week in class we talked about three types of logical fallacies. They are Bad Proofs, The False Choice, and Disconnect.
Bad Proofs are when a hasty generalization has been made such as when someone says that all pizza is bad just because they had one type of pizza that was bad. Another type of bad proof is lack-of-proof when you don't have any evidence o back up your claim.
The false choice is when you say that there are only two options A or B when in reality there are several other options that you could choose in a situation. Many times this will be worded as " We have two options sit back or fight".
Disconnect means that you think because you did A that B happened when that could or could not be the case. An example that we used in class was that because someone got a petition signed that a rule was changed. While this could have happened because if the petition there is no clear evidence that was the reason.
This is a good example of what we talked about! It's easy to forget the types of logical fallacies, so it's useful to see them typed out in very manageable descriptions. It's easy to lose focus in class, so breaking info down to this size is a good strategy.
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