The narwhal is occasionally known by its nickname "the unicorn of the sea", owing to its large tusk, resembling the horn of a unicorn....

Imagine two people arguing over the shape of the Earth. One of them contends that the Earth is flat. He lays forth his claims, he...

I think it's fair to assume the vast majority of us are familiar with the phrase two wrongs don't make a right". We've been raised with...

Carina: I've risked my life to come here, to see if the rumors are true. You speak of the Trident? Henry: Who are you? C: Tell me why you...

The circular reasoning fallacy is the fallacy of assuming one's conclusion as a premise. Sometimes, circular reasoning is blatant, and of...

Although they should never be used as an argument in and of themselves, analogies are very useful forms of illustration, simplifying a...

Our world contains a vast array of opinions regarding extra terrestrial life. To some people, it's almost arrogant to say we even could...

The ad hominem fallacy is perhaps the most well known, and frequently committed fallacy, simply because it most appeals to human nature....

One day, Hamish Macdonald sat down in his local cafe and read the morning newspaper. The front page story tells of a series of gruesome...

While it sounds like it's either an Olympic sport, or a bad day at a veterinary clinic, the elephant hurling fallacy is really just a...

The incredulity fallacy is the fallacy of judging a belief, or argument, based on one's ability to understand or believe it. It occurs in...

If you ever have taken a survey, you may already be familiar with the leading question fallacy, as even the most professionally...

As often as we say "beggars can't be choosers", we, as a species, can be very choosy indeed. When it comes to things like food, we tend...

In 1807, a journalist by the name of William Cobbett (1763 - 1835) described how, as a young boy, he would drag a particularly smelly...

The root fallacy is the fallacy of assuming the modern use of a word or phrase determines how it was used throughout history. Naturally,...

The appeal to authority fallacy, also known as Argumentum Ad Verecundium, is a fallacy in which authority is substituted for an argument....

Two boxers were trying to decide which of them was the best fighter. They decide the obvious way to decide this is with an actual boxing...