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See all of fallacy, there are 2 more in this node.
(thing) by tim_three Sun Feb 20 2000 at 7:33:05
(Carl Sagan's list of fallacys, fair use from the Demon-Haunted World)
  1. ad hominem
  2. argument from authority ad vericundiam
  3. argument from adverse consequences
  4. appeal to ignorance ad ignoratium
  5. special pleading
  6. begging the question
  7. observational selection
  8. statistics of small numbers
  9. misunderstanding the nature of statistics
  10. inconsistency
  11. non sequitur
  12. post hoc, ergo propter hoc
  13. meaningless question
  14. excluded middle or false dichotomy
  15. short-term vs long-term
  16. slippery slope
  17. confusion of correlation and causation
  18. straw man
  19. suppressed evidence or half-truths
  20. weasel words
Keep in mind that good points are somtimes delivered in such a way that they look like common fallacies. Also keep in mind that being deterministic makes you a wanker.

(todo: map these to the fallacies of relevance and fallacies of ambiguity. Also, give list of common names for classical fallacies.)

I like it!
Fallacies of Ambiguity The Fallacy of Composition Sophism ad hominem
Places in Nashville I'd take you, if only to defy the whole country music thing Paradox God made the integers, all else is the work of man The Lottery Fallacy
slippery slope Paradox of the Ravens post hoc ergo propter hoc Logical fallacy
Non sequitur Freedom of religion is not freedom from religion Correlation is not causation appeal to authority
false dichotomy Thomas Malthus deterministic inconsistency
Pascal's mugging Deistical Platitude Vamping and Providence    

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