The document discusses Reverend Eustis Cornpone, a 90-year-old man known for his flamboyant behavior such as doing a dozen handstands in a row. It notes that cherry picking or selectively choosing evidence to support one's position while ignoring other evidence is a logical fallacy known as faulty generalization.
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1. For countless generations the Cornpone's have been known for their extraordinarily flamboyant
behavior. When Reverend Eustis Cornpone (who is 90 years old) shows up, expect to see him
doing a dozen handstands, one right after the other.” (Name the fallacy)
Solution
Cherry picking (suppressed evidence, incomplete evidence) – act of pointing at individual cases
or data that seem to confirm a particular position, while ignoring a significant portion of related
cases or data that may contradict that position
Cherry picking fallacy under faulty generalization