<p><span>Be a Genius Acquire Wisdom to recognize these 31 fallacies 38 Tips to avoid getting fooled</span></p><p>In this article, you will learn the following</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">31 TYPES of Critical Thinking Logical Fallacies with Examples – you can identify additional ones by observing and looking at the world around you</b> [empowered with this knowledge – you would be able to sharpen your genius, your smartness, your wisdom, and your intelligence]</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">38 Tips to avoid falling into fallacy trap - </b>and <b data-redactor-tag="b">avoid getting conned, deceived, defrauded, scammed, cheated, and manipulated by</b> - politicians, religious gurus, bureaucrats, fraudsters, scammers and bought-media<b data-redactor-tag="b"></b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">List of 21 Articles you must read to deal with all types of people – especially those who want to make fool of you and want to take you for a ride AND also to become a great judge of character and be an influential leader</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b"><br></b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Logical fallacies are flaws in the reasoning or logic of an argument – usually used by manipulators like politicians, religious gurus, bureaucrats, fraudsters, scammers, fake-news,</b> Bought-Media, etc.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Learning how to identify fallacies is an excellent way to avoid being fooled, manipulated, taken advantage of, avoid getting brainwashed</b> - by these criminals, crooks, and corrupt people with their unparallel greed for money, their lust for power, their need to control masses and other negative consequences.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">This skill will not only make you one of the best judge of characters but will also help you become a Genius, Wise, and Smart Person as well as a powerful leader.</b></p><p>And once you know these fallacies – <b data-redactor-tag="b">you may also avoid using them in your argument to win the argument.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Once you understand these 31 fallacies I have identified – you will be able to find real-life examples everywhere you look.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">These fallacies are quite effective because they appeal to people's emotions and biases</b> – if used by cunning and unscrupulous people <b data-redactor-tag="b">– who use them as a diversion tactic.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Most of the time fallacies do not have any relevance to the substance of the argument.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">A very large chunk of people in India have fallen for these for a very long time now AND</b> despite contrary evidence they still worship, admire, support, and are in awe of these people.</p><p>If you need to nurture healthy logic and reasoning abilities and the skill of seeing things objectively using critical skills.</p><p>You also need to train yourself to ask questions and then look for evidence from trusted sources.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">38 Tips to avoid falling into fallacy trap - </b>and <b data-redactor-tag="b">avoid getting conned, deceived, defrauded, scammed, cheated, and manipulated by</b> - politicians, religious gurus, bureaucrats, fraudsters, scammers and bought-media<b data-redactor-tag="b"></b></p> <p><span>1.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> It is very important to recognize when someone is attempting to divert your or masse's focus from real issues to something that serves their motives</b><span> – then point out what is ridiculous in their claims<br></span><span>2. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">You must be on constant guard so as not to give in to your urges and to the temptation of responding to the ridiculousness of their attack in - a similar fashion</b><span>. Please understand that in this they will beat you hand down – as one of the reasons they are doing it is to make you say or do something so that they get ammunition to discredit you some more.<br></span><span>3.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Instead find facts and evidence and point out the chronology and the irrelevance of their argument</b><span>.<br></span><span>4. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Understand that most of these people who resort to fallacies – don't have any meaningful thing to say and neither they are bothered</b><span> about the truth and well-being of others.<br></span><span>5. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Ignore their attempts at hooking you into their game and move on – unless the stakes are very high, and you must respond or counter</b><span>.<br></span><span>6. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">The bought-media of India - in the last decade has impacted the perception of gullible masses to brainwash and make them believe the fallacies meted out by the politicians</b><span> and Godmen/Babas<br></span><span>7. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Train yourself to be highly skeptical and cynical to evaluate all the claims made by the authorities to determine if they have the</b><span> expertise to make any specific claims<br></span><span>8. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Stop assuming that anything is natural is harmless - Nature is full of things that will harm or kill you</b><span>.<br></span><span>9. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Stop falling for popularity or the majority trap – just remember the majority can be fooled and can be wrong</b><span> AND popularity is not evidence – You must have evidence<br></span><span>10. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Ask yourself – if their arguments really prove or lead to the conclusion - they want you to believe or</b><span> is it simply a case of grand rhetoric.<br></span><span>11.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> You also need to review more and more real-life cases and examples to learn how unscrupulous people use different types of fallacies and tricks, tools, and techniques to brain-wash and manipulate you</b><span> - the better prepared you would be to counter them and retain your sanity, peace, and calm.<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">12.</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">You need to be alert about your own as well as other's - black & white thinking pattern</b><span> - train yourself to find alternate options and you will be able to discover many-many different possibilities, choices & options </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">– please remember not to accept that there are only one or possible two explanations for any event – go look for more<br></b><span>13. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">You must consciously make efforts to see through the options that are presented AND see through the propaganda and not allow a false impression of choice to limit your options</b><span> - So ask yourself, are these my only two choices?<br></span><span>14. Ensure that you are very clear on what the right choice you must make - based on facts and evidence – and verify your conclusions </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">– if you are in conversations with others - explain to others when they use various fallacies - by citing evidence & facts plus why their argument is flawed<br></b><span>15. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Always identify all your assumptions behind your judgments, choices, decisions, and actions</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">PLUS be aware of all</b><span> the consequences that may happen should you act on them<br></span><span>16. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Look for reliable data (if it's available), and proportion your acceptance of the conclusion accordingly</b><span>.<br></span><span>17. Be flexible to change your opinion and belief </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">– if you come across very strong validated and scientific evidence BE willing to accept contradictory information if it is backed strongly by evide</b><span>nce<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">18.</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Please understand Your Solutions don't need to be perfect BUT should be able to deliver optimized benefits to all the relevant stakeholders<br></b><span>19. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Learn to focus on growth, excellence, and continuous improvement</b><span> – rather than looking for perfection<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">20.</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Learn to get into the habit of fact-checking and fact-verification from several trusted sources<br></b><b data-redactor-tag="b">21.</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Stop accepting and acting on - what seems obvious to you at first<br></b><span>22.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Stop accepting the first choice or offer</b><span> – always do deeper, negotiate, renegotiate<br></span><span>23. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Always analyze to see if the information given is complete and relevant to</b><span> what issues are important to you<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">24.</b><span> If the people are using grandstanding and whataboutery – and continue to offer distractions - </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">start pointing out the red herring and why it is fallacious AND try to redirect conversation on the important issues<br></b><span>25. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Whenever you face an important problem – ask yourself – how different types of people view this problem</b><span>, its causes, and solutions – get 360-degree perspectives from diverse sources<br></span><span>26. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Train your brain not to make major decisions, choices, and actions – without verifying your hunches and the validity of assumptions</b><span> through conscious fact-checking using critical thinking<br></span><span>27. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Please accept that because most people are convinced that their life experiences and the stories that they believe in – are the truth – you may find it very difficult to convince someone that they might be wrong or even that they have been brainwashed or fooled</b><span> - unless it is very important – don't try to convince these people<br></span><span>28. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">You may get lynched by mobs of people who are blind-followers of say politicians and religious celebrities who are propagating these fallacies</b><span> – if you challenge their ridiculous claims, theories, and proposals – BUT they get worshiped by masses<br></span><span>29. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Many times, it can be very tricky to challenge and get away safely</b><span> – especially because what these authoritative figures are claiming – does not have any evidence.<br></span><span>30. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">You can use the opinions of - real, qualified, proven, and established experts – to counter these fallacies</b><span> – because it would be almost impossible for any of us to verify every single thing ourselves<br></span><span>31. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Experts too can be wrong but in all probabilities, experts are more likely to be right</b><span> than quacks and people sitting in positions of powerful authority<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">32.</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Stop citing authorities as an expert – they are not - although most will claim that they are<br></b><span>33. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">You have to work on strengthening your critical thinking skills and emotional awareness – whenever you feel you are losing your self-control and calmness</b><span> – when someone is telling you something - Ask yourself – are you trying you use your emotions or the facts<br></span><span>34. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">When you notice a fallacy or a grandiose promise -which does not have any evidence</b><span> – ask them to give you verifiable evidence<br></span><span>35. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Whenever anyone appeals to your emotions – become alert to the possibilities of the other person being a manipulator and using you to meet their agenda</b><span> – know that your emotions are not evidence<br></span><span>36. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Believe in and keep on practicing - in finding the proof of whatever is claimed with sufficient evidence and validation studies for your claim </b><span>- this is a standard foundation of our legal system, the process of science, and critical thinking.<br></span><span>37. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Science can always help you come out of the confusion of two simultaneous events' occurrence as a connected fallacy</b><span> – like viruses cannot be treated by antibiotics only bacterial infection can be. But many times, taking antibiotics makes you feel better as they attack the bacterial infections that happened due to the weakening of the immune system AND viral infections go away on their own after their lifetime is over<br></span><span>38. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Understand the difference between correlation and causation to objectively</b><span> identify whether two simultaneous events are connected and interdependent<br></span><span>39.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> List of 21 Articles you must read to deal with people who want to make fool of you and want to take you for a ride AND to become a great judge of character and be an influential leader</b><span> – in Success Unlimited Mantra Website's Blog Section</span></p> <p>A. Why Politicians and Bureaucrats use Grandstanding How to Detect and Deal with Grandstanders</p> <p><span>B.50 Ways to Protect Yourself Against Misinformation Why & Who Spread Fake News<br></span><span>A.60 Ways How to Form Unbiased Decisions and Opinions by Critical & Objective Thinking<br></span><span>B.36 Types Of Thinking Traps 39 Tips How to Break Out Of Your Thinking Traps<br></span><span>C.64 Signs of energy vampires 58 Ways to deal with people who drain you<br></span><span>D.48 Tips How to Recognize and Deal with Jerks and Assholes Effectively<br></span><span>E.45 Tips How to Stop being Hypocrite & 67 Examples of hypocrisy<br></span><span>F. How Leaders Use Whataboutery to Shift Blame<br></span><span>G.46 ways people project their insecurities and how to stop projecting your insecurities<br></span><span>H.40 Tips How to Stop Being Defensive Why We Become Defensive<br></span><span>I.42 Statements to say no to anyone diplomatically<br></span><span>J. How to identify and deal with fake people in your life<br></span><span>K.95 Signs behaviors and traits of fake people<br></span><span>L.70 Tips dealing effectively with bullies<br></span><span>M.60 tips to recognize scammer fraudsters and cons<br></span><span>N.100 signs of evil Toxic poisonous People how to handle them<br></span><span>O. How to Deal with Manipulative People<br></span><span>P. Read People Like a Pro with 120 Expert Hacks 52 Body Language Decoding Tips 31 Questions to Unmask Hidden Intentions<br></span><span>Q. How to stop feeling like a victim<br></span><span>R. Getting a toxic person out of your life<br></span><span>S. Dealing with emotionally insecure people</span></p> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">31 TYPES of Critical Thinking Logical Fallacies with Examples – you can identify additional ones by observing and looking at the world around you</b> [empowered with this knowledge – you would be able to sharpen your genius, your smartness, your wisdom, and your intelligence]</p> <p><span>1.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Person-Centric Fallacy -Personal attack [name-calling, insults, questioning their motives/agenda</b><span>]<br></span><span data-redactor-tag="b">A. Instead</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> of addressing the substance of an argument – these people Attempt to discredit arguments by attacking</b><span> the source. Drawing attention to the character, ideology, or other qualities of the claimant in an attempt to disprove the truth of a claim<br></span><span>B.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Methods outlined for this fallacy in this article are very powerful and which has made a very large chunk of people in India</b><span> – not only support but also worship the rapist-supporters, the rapist themselves, mass-murderers, the people who defraud, loot and con public to benefit few top businessmen THE most incompetent and most corrupt.<br></span><span>C. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">This method mainly uses brainwashing and diverting the attention of the targeted masses</b><span> -from the real issues of joblessness, poverty, unemployment, rising-prices - to make them think about only non-issues of religion, food, and so on – especially through their troll-armies, bought-media, and advertisements plus small freebies<br></span><span>2.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Too Good To Be True fallacy</b><span> – Used often by Politicians, bureaucrats, fraudsters, and scammers – By offering you something that is too irresistible AND you would get it for almost nothing<br></span><span>3.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Hearsay/Myth/Folklore Fallacy -</b><span>Using a personal experience or perception of an experience or story [real, imagined or mythical] – as evidence for a claim - rather than hard facts<br></span><span>A. You have to understand that – </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">most of us create a false impression of our experiences as this fallacy is also about what eyes see and ears hear being The truth</b><span> – personal experience can be one of the worst pieces of evidence to claim as truth<br></span><span>B. Like a fallacy about the times when Gods while living – India was most advanced Or that </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">the Veda has all the solutions, methods, and processes for everything that the scientific western world is only now discovering & inventing</b><span> – but if you read the Veda's you ay no get anything other than a mention some miracle/magic<br></span><span>C. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">One of the richest and most popular celebrity GODMEN/BABAS in India – claims that he can remember his last 3 births</b><span> – this man has recently had brain surgery although claims we should not surrender our lives to a trained doctor<br></span><span>D.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Or claims like Ayurveda & Homeopathy</b><span> can cure any and every disease and illness – without any substantiating evidence of its being true on a large group<br></span><span>E.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b">It is also about Fibbing</b><span> – telling trivial lies and insignificant falsehoods – you tell your friend that his/her dress if fantastic although it may look strange and might not be making him/her look great<br></span><span>F. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Please understand that this type of fallacy banks on unproven or unknown claims – like if you were about to appear in an exam and are not prepared and you pray very heavily</b><span> AND then you have a brainwave that a particular question will come in the examination and it comes in similar form – so you believe this coincidence to be the result of God answering your prayers – although in a recent exam in a backward state, four students wrote the name of GOD & an examiner passed them<br></span><span>G. Many of the things we experience in life – </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">like getting well suddenly when the doctors have declared after extensive tests – to be a case of FEVER of Unknown origin</b><span> – what is the real cause – in this case here we don't know – as many factors or any number of things might have made your fever go away<br></span><span>H. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">The fraud GODMEN/BABAS's telling you that they can cure you of all ailments– in this, they use the – law of average – that many of the problems of people</b><span> get resolved over time on their own<br></span><span>I. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Nowadays the current regime is claiming that the Indian economy will be so many trillions in so many years – this will happen automatically irrespective of who is in power due to basic economic principles</b><span> AND because of these thugs' contribution. If anything at all happens due to these corrupt-criminal-polarizing monsters – India will become poorer in many aspects EXCEPT their crony friends and supporters<br></span><span>4.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> APPEAL TO AUTHORITY Fallacies</b><span> - Because a person is in power authoritative position – they may claim that they are an experts<br></span><span>A. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">In India – we have examples of – many who are almost illiterate – making absurd claims and statements to the effect</b><span> that they are the most educated and knowledgeable person in the world and make– and try to show having vast scientific knowledge and expertise in everything<br></span><span>B. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Like a person without any background in economics, accounting, or finance is</b><span> sitting at the helm of financial regulation as well as ruling position<br></span><span>C. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">And many </b><span>claim that Ayurveda is omnipotent and a cure for all and everything AND one such person claims that his medicines cure Corona<br></span><span>D.Godmen/GODmen/BABAs claiming Godly power – to predict and cure anything and everything<br></span><span>E. Most corrupt people claim that they will remove the corruption [in a country where the corrupt proposes, corrupt decides]<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">F. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">One IIT director claimed that cloudburst in a state happened due to people eating non-vegetarian foods AND also of seances with ghosts and souls<br></b><b data-redactor-tag="b">G. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">One Director of space research claimed – that the Western world is stealing what was in Veda's – I wish to make him read those formulas and advanced techniques<br></b><span>5.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> APPEAL TO EMOTIONS Fallacy – using the power of provocation by triggering your negative</b><span> [victimhood, anger, greed, gratification, impulses, jealousy, shame, guilt, hate, mistrust, fear, pity, etc.] </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">or positive emotions </b><span>[pride, hope, happiness, creating belongingness for emotionally insecure people] to brainwash<br></span><span>A. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">They understand that any p</b><span>owerful Emotions are difficult to control for most people and can make their power of reasoning totally paralyzed<br></span><span>B. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">The propagators of these fallacies appeal to your emotion to persuade, instead of facts as evidence – to make you fall for whatever they are peddling</b><span>.<br></span><span>C. This fallacy is used along with other fallacies and rhetorical tools and techniques – </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">like an insult, name-calling, hyperbole, inflammatory language, YELLING, hatemongering, fake-news, propaganda, etc. – through bought news channels, advertisements, speeches, etc</b><span>.<br></span><span>6.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Fallacy of any product being Natural</b><span> – this is one fallacy people in India fall prey to.<br></span><span>A. Example – ayurveda is natural and nature is safe AND all Ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines are safe and without any side or aftereffects.<br></span><span>B. People claim that they have heard from many well-established doctors being afraid of – their patients coming to them with toxic poisoning because of ayurvedic and homeopathic medicines.<br></span><span>C. And also a few years back a big YOGA-Guru and a few Godmen/Babas propagated, and people believed that simply by doing a certain Yoga and Breathing – their diabetes, blood pressure, and a few very serious organ malfunctions would be cured for life.<br></span><span>D. Exercise Yoga and meditation certainly HELP – BUT they are not cures for diseases.<br></span><span>E.Fat, Plastic, and Harmful minerals come from nature – BUT are all their uses beneficial?<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">7.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b"> APPEAL TO TRADITION and what has always been Fallacy -</b><span>This fallacy is about – this has always been done this way </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">OR for centuries people have believed this or that our religious text says that – so it must be true.<br></b><span>A. For a long time, people believed that Earth is static, and the sun rotates around the Earth<br></span><span>B. Or that astrology, palmistry, numerology, gemology, etc. are scientifically backed<br></span><span>C. Or that our ancestors were very advanced – definitely they were advanced by creating some very practical solution – BUT – we are at the most developed stage today<br></span><span>8.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> ARGUMENT FROM IGNORANCE Fallacy - </b><span>This is about a thought pattern to claim something ONLY because the evidence to the contrary is not there [NEITHER is any evidence supporting that one exists]<br></span><span>A Lack of evidence can ONLY indicate that we don't know this YET<br></span><span>B.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b">BUT Indian politicians and bureaucrats, pseudoscience proponents, anti-science brigade, conspiracy theorists, and religious</b><span> Godmen/Babas – use this fallacy with impunity to gain mass followers<br></span><span>C . If you happen to challenge them – they will use the burden of proof fallacy to make you prove what they are claiming.<br></span><span>9. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Because the majority believes it -IT MUST BE TRUE Fallacy</b><span> – or something is not true because a lot of people believe it is not true fallacy<br></span><span>A. In India the current majority is so wrong – because believing the Manufactured news and GYAN through WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. -without any truth or evidence or without having any scientific validation<br></span><span>B.Remember Lord Ganesha Drinking Milk Incidence a few decades back – In India<br></span><span>10.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> BURDEN OF PROOF Fallacy</b><span> – someone making a ridiculous claim [without any evidence to support it whatsoever] </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">and making it the responsibility of proving this wrong on the person challenging it</b><span>.<br></span><span>A. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence – remember one Ayurvedic company and for that matter Indian developed Vaccines claiming cure or prevention from Covid19 infection – without any validation.<br></span><span>B.Godmen/Babas claiming the power to heal and solve all your problems.<br></span><span>11.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Hyperbole Fallacy</b><span> - a way of speaking or writing that makes something sound better, more exciting, dangerous, etc. than it really is<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">12.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Selectively choosing evidence to support claim fallacy<br></b><span>A. In India currently this is the most potent tools the politicians bureaucrats and judiciary as well the law enforcement and regulatory institutions uses – to suppress and harass<br></span><span>B. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">This fallacy users create – tempered videos using different parts from the actual speeches or events by ignoring all other contradictory</b><span> evidence to paint a picture to distort the truth completely – the IT-cells and troll-army of India thrive on this<br></span><span>13.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Confusing two simultaneous events' occurrence as a connected fallacy</b><span> –two events happening together could be a coincidence but might not be responsible for causing one another.<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">14.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b"> FALSE Notion of Choices Available fallacy<br></b><b data-redactor-tag="b">A. </b><span>Sometimes, the false choice is a purposeful attempt to misguide you – </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">LIKE something in the general election 2024 one idea is being promoted What if NOT HE?<br></b><span>B. Yes, in certain specific situations [ Depending on very particular circumstances, it can be difficult to propose an alternative] – but in most cases better or different options are always available<br></span><span>15. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Two or more things are the same despite major key differences Fallacy -</b><span>If you are not careful you might make big mistake by assuming the superficial similarities as the real significant ones<br></span><span>A. The reality is these oversimplified things might be masking important differences – and if you are not careful you would be taken for a royal ride or get misled.<br></span><span>16.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> GALILEO Syndrome Fallacy – this fallacy claims that people who are criticized as being wrong</b><span> AND later proved to be right as in the case of Galileo – So the people who are thought to be wrong today will also be proven right<br></span><span>A. BUT please understand that </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Galileo was not suppressed and persecuted by the scientific community</b><span> BUT by religion.<br></span><span>B.Understand </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">that disagreeing with a consensus doesn't make a position correct </b><span>– in India now days The vast majority of people (scientists, IAS/IPS/Judges/IITians/IIMians included!) who refuse to accept well-supported scientific conclusions are just wrong<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">C. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses.<br></b><span>17.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Jumping to a conclusion without proof or very limited validation Fallacy -</b><span>It is human nature to generalize based on limited information or evidence<br></span><span>A. That is why a vaccine or medicine to be approved has to be validated for a large and more representative sample – for mass use<br></span><span>B. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">But a lot of people cite a small sample to make a broad claim – they would often generalize by saying Doctors say that</b><span> – although the Doctor might have meant something entirely different OR for a peculiar situation or for a different context<br></span><span>C. Many of our irrational fears – get into us permanently [till you do cognitive behavior therapy] – from one example.<br></span><span>D.Superstitions come from even stories of black cats or bats handed down as folklore<br></span><span>18.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> I am always right Fallacy</b><span> – this type of people treat their opinions as truths AND others as wrong all those who challenge<br></span><span>19.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> PERFECT SOLUTION and Perfection Fallacy - Perfection</b><span> is a mirage – look at the Olympics – every new Olympics has earlier seemed impossible records broken<br></span><span>A. The practitioner of this </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">fallacy believes in the existence of a perfect solution and rejects any solution</b><span> that's less than their ideal despite being highly beneficial<br></span><span>B. Take the case of a few people – </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">who while looking for an ideal life partner – keep rejecting many good prospects and matches till they reach a late age when </b><span>– they have to compromise with their ideal standards AND miss the life<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">20.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Grandstanding/Whataboutery Fallacy – read this from the list of 21 articles given in this article<br></b><span>A. In current situations Politicians, bought-media and bureaucrats use </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">this red herring fallacy to distract from the main issues by</b><span> bringing in irrelevant information or attacking whoever challenges or raises questions about their actions<br></span><span>21.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Oversimplification of the cause of the Problem Assuming a Single Reason for a Big Problem Fallacy -</b><span>Most complex problems have multiple obvious and hidden as well as unknown elements and factors responsible for them<br></span><span>22.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Pot calling kettle black Fallacy</b><span> – this is about people </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">– say who are proven most corrupt BUT they accuse others of being corrupt by raising insignificant issues<br></b><b data-redactor-tag="b">23. </b><b data-redactor-tag="b">Using the fear and anger of people by pointing out the horrible and negative outcomes if people go against what these manipulators are suggesting fallacy<br></b><span>A. These people divert attention toward negative and unlikely outcomes without evidence – with the sole aim of cheating, fooling, defrauding, and brainwashing people<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">24.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b"> Misrepresenting anything - to twist it to suit their END Fallacy<br></b><span>A. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">These people distort, exaggerate, generalize, make false claims, and use selective parts</b><span> and take parts out of context – again this is a tool Indian Politicians of RW ideology use very effectively<br></span><span>B. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">If you are not alert, aware, and consciously watching out for and paying attention – these people will try to knock a position they falsely claim you are holding and claim victory</b><span>.<br></span><span>C.Science deniers use this fallacy to support their Anti-science arguments.<br></span><span>25.</span><b data-redactor-tag="b"> If You don't support their ideology – you are ANTI- whatever they fancy Fallacy -</b><span>In India – you will find plenty of examples of this [HA-HA] – if you look for – you will find many more such examples<br></span><span>A.If you eat non-veg you are not Hindu and If don't chant the name of a specific Hindu God – you are not Hindu<br></span><span>B.If you don't support RW policies you are anti-national<br></span><span>C.If you question their motives and actions and demand accountability – you are a traitor<br></span><span>D.If you question the bought-media - you are a threat to freedom of expression<br></span><span>E. If you don't like the KING – you should go to Pakistan<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">26.</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Grandstanding Fallacy</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">– read this from the list of 21 articles given in this article<br></b><b data-redactor-tag="b">27.</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Hypocrisy Fallacy</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">– read this from the list of 21 articles given in this article<br></b><b data-redactor-tag="b">28.</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Whataboutery & Cockwomble Fallacy</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">– read this from the list of 21 articles given in this article<br></b><b data-redactor-tag="b">29.</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Projection Fallacy</b><span> [psychological definition] </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">– read this from the list of 21 articles given in this article<br></b><b data-redactor-tag="b">30.</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Promoting Hate & Divisiveness through Social Media FAKE News & Trolls Fallacy</b><span> </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">– read this from the list of 21 articles given in this article<br></b><span>31. </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">Fallacies unleased by the Mafia including the Hate-Mongering & Divisive Politicians and their supporters-allies-follower-bootlickers</b><span> – to turn a country into a banana Republic, Crony Capitalism, Kangaroo Court, Tyrannical-Autocratic-Dictatorship</span></p> <p><br></p><p>#fallaciesusedbypoliticians, #fallaciesusedbyBureaucrats, #fallaciesusedbyreligiousgurus, #criticalthinkingfalacies, #howtoidentifyfalacies, #typesoffallacies, #howtoavoidbeingconned, #howtoavoidbeingmanipulated, #howtoavoidbeingtakenforaride, #howtoavoidbeingdefrauded, #howtoavoidbeingscammed, #fallaciesusedinarguments, #fallaciesusedinreligion, #howspotlogicalfallacies, #boughtmedia, #GODImedia, #Indianpoliticians, #CelebrityBabas, #celebrityGurus, #indianBureaucrats<br></p><p>Be a Genius Acquire Wisdom to recognize these 31 fallacies 38 Tips to avoid getting fooled </p><p>Recognize 31 Critical Thinking Fallacies to Be a Genius 38 Tips to avoid GETTING CONNED </p><p>31 Thinking Traps That Are Holding You Back (and How to Escape Them)</p><p>Fooled by Everyone? 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