Fallacies are very interesting statements in my opinion. At first glance I was confused on just what these were, however further reading allowed me to somewhat grasp the idea of what fallacies are. To me fallacies are an overall error in reasoning, or a misjudgment.
I choose mistaking the person for the claim. My understanding of these fallacies leads me to believe that when someone states using this type of fallacy, it gives them no credibility. They have nothing in their statement that would support what they just stated.
My example is thus: Anything Kori says about breeding blue pits is going to be wrong. This statement is a fallacy, because nowhere in that statement does it explains why that might be true or what reasoning I have behind it to back my statement up.
Fallacies is a very confusing and yet simple concept. I think the most difficult part about it is being able to spot one or trying to create one, if you can’t already tell in mine. =]
Yes this fallacy can be used many times when people do not have an sources or any idea of how that person got their statement. Your example was a perfect example of how people believe things but do not know if that is really true. A lot of people say things sometimes, but do not know what they are talking about. The only way that people will believe something is if they actually have facts to back up their statement. When people start believing things that have no credibility it forces people to believe that they are willing to believe anything someone says.
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