Find an example of a logical fallacy on YouTube. There are some really strong, recent examples of logical fallacies from the world of politics, advertising, television, movies - the list goes on! Link to your example and in 1-2 paragraphs explain the fallacy. Make sure to include the name of the fallacy as described in Chapter 6: Ad Hominem: An attack on the person, rather than directly addressing the persons reasons. Narrative: Assuming incorrectly that because we can tell a story that seems to explain the occurrence of a set of facts, we now understand the links relating the facts to one another. Slippery Slope: Making the assumption that a proposed step will set off an uncontrollable chain of undesirable events, when procedures exist to prevent such a chain of events. Searching for Perfect Solution : Falsely assuming that because part of a problem remains after a solution is tried, the solution should not be adopted. Appeal to Popularity (Ad Populum): An attempt to justify a claim by appealing to sentiments that large groups of people have in common; falsely assumes that anything favored by a large group is desirable. Appeal to Questionable Authority: Supporting a conclusion by citing an authority who lacks special expertise on the issue at hand. Appeal to Emotion: The use of emotionally charged language to distract readers and listeners from relevant reasons and evidence. Common emotions appealed to are fear, hope, patriotism, pity, and sympathy. Straw Person: Distorting our opponents point of view so that it is easy to attack; thus we attack a point of view that does not truly exist. Either-Or (or False Dilemma): Assuming only two alternatives when there are more than two. Explaining by Naming: Falsely assuming that because you have provided a name for some event or behavior, you have also adequately explained the event. The Planning Fallacy: The tendency for people or organizations to underestimate how long they will need to complete a task, despite numerous prior experiences of having underestimated how long something would take to finish. Glittering Generality: The use of vague, emotionally appealing virtue words that dispose us to approve something without closely examining the reasons. Red Herring: An irrelevant topic is presented to divert attention from the original issue and help to win an argument by shifting attention away from the argument and to another issue. Begging the Question: An argument in which the conclusion is assumed in the reasoning. If your video contains more than just the fallacy, make a note of what time in the video the fallacy takes place..

1. Find an example of a logical fallacy on YouTube. There are some really strong, recent examples
of logical fallacies from the world of politics, advertising, television, movies - the list goes on!
Link to your example and in 1-2 paragraphs explain the fallacy. Make sure to include the name
of the fallacy as described in Chapter 6:
Ad Hominem: An attack on the person, rather than directly addressing the persons reasons.
Narrative: Assuming incorrectly that because we can tell a story that seems to explain the
occurrence of a set of facts, we now understand the links relating the facts to one another.
Slippery Slope: Making the assumption that a proposed step will set off an uncontrollable chain
of undesirable events, when procedures exist to prevent such a chain of events.
Searching for Perfect
Solution
: Falsely assuming that because part of a problem remains after a solution is tried, the solution
should not be adopted.
Appeal to Popularity (Ad Populum): An attempt to justify a claim by appealing to sentiments
that large groups of people have in common; falsely assumes that anything favored by a large
group is desirable.
Appeal to Questionable Authority: Supporting a conclusion by citing an authority who lacks
special expertise on the issue at hand.
Appeal to Emotion: The use of emotionally charged language to distract readers and listeners
from relevant reasons and evidence. Common emotions appealed to are fear, hope, patriotism,
pity, and sympathy.
Straw Person: Distorting our opponents point of view so that it is easy to attack; thus we attack a
point of view that does not truly exist.
Either-Or (or False Dilemma): Assuming only two alternatives when there are more than two.
Explaining by Naming: Falsely assuming that because you have provided a name for some event
or behavior, you have also adequately explained the event.
The Planning Fallacy: The tendency for people or organizations to underestimate how long they
will need to complete a task, despite numerous prior experiences of having underestimated how
long something would take to finish.
Glittering Generality: The use of vague, emotionally appealing virtue words that dispose us to
approve something without closely examining the reasons.
Red Herring: An irrelevant topic is presented to divert attention from the original issue and help
to win an argument by shifting attention away from the argument and to another issue.
Begging the Question: An argument in which the conclusion is assumed in the reasoning.
If your video contains more than just the fallacy, make a note of what time in the video the

2. fallacy takes place.