Logical Fallacies Hasty Generalization: On Research Paper

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Then he uses an appeal to authority by quoting a chemistry professor at Columbia University, Dr. Harold Urey, who said, "All of us who study the origin of life find that the more we look into it, the more we feel it is too complex to have evolved anywhere." That's a patently absurd, baseless evidence.

Number 13 -- Slippery Slope. Blair Magida Waddick writes to the Chicago Tribune that he is "horrified that the naive men on the Supreme Court have sided with Wal-Mart" (rather than with the class action suit against them by women claiming to have been discriminated against). "They should now be required to wear the same jump suits worn by race car drivers covered in corporate names, so we all know who owns them" (June 21, 2011).

Number 5 -- Appeal to Tradition. A mascara ad (LashBlast Volume Mascara) by Cover Girl asserts "You may never go false again" and pictures the dark, long, seemingly authentic lashes worn by model Nicole Fox. However, in fine print, the disclaimer admits "lash inserts" were used, according to Dana Oliver (www.stylelist.
com). "Ericka" posts (May 31, 2011), "Why is this the first one being called out when they all do it, and have done it for years?"

Number 10 -- Genetic Fallacy. FOX news talking head John Gibson was attacking Al Gore (June 22, 2011) for his views on climate change. Said Gibson, "He's gone Hollywood on us," alluding to Gore's Oscar for the documentary "Inconvenient Truth." "Maybe he has a new lady friend out in Hollywood now that it's no long Tipper…" (Because he produced a successful documentary in Hollywood it naturally follows that he somehow is in love?).

Number 4 -- Appeal to Popularity. Recently Donald Trump accused President Obama of not being born in the United States. Referring to the "birther" movement (a stunning 20% or so of Americans in a recent poll said they doubted Obama's birthplace), Trump told George Stephanopoulos (ABC) "There is a real question about the birth certificate… there is a real question about his own citizenship." When Stephanopoulos rebutted that Obama's birth certificate has a "certificate of live birth which.....

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