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What's the best logical fallacy?

ashbury

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I started to be snarky and post this to a particular thread that was annoying me.  But I thought twice, and will post it here, in a vacuum.

What's The Best Logical Fallacy?

  • A famous Logic professor told me the Appeal to Authority Fallacy is the best.

  • Anyone who doesn't say the Ad Hominem Fallacy is best is a poopyhead.

  • Argument from Repetition Fallacy is the best. Repetition. Argument from. Best.

  • Begging the Question Fallacy is the best because it is superior to all others.

  • Cherry Picking Fallacy is the best; this message is all you need, to see that.

  • Circular Argument Fallacy is best because nothing is better than an argument that is circular.

  • Either the False Dilemma Fallacy, or pure evil, is best, ergo False Dilemma.

  • Everyone is saying the Bandwagon Fallacy is best, so it must be.

  • False Equivalence Fallacy is no worse than any other and therefore is the best.

  • Have you or have you not stopped using the best: the Loaded Question Fallacy?

  • I bet double my last bet the next one will say the Gambler's Fallacy is best.

  • I just heard about the Recency Bias Fallacy. It's gotta be the best one ever.

  • I mistyped another fallacy, so Hasty Generalization Fallacy is the best.

  • I used to think Stockholm Syndrome Fallacy wasn't best but I'm warming up to it.

  • I've had success with Proof by Example Fallacy as the best. This is Exhibit A.

  • If Affirming the Consequent Fallacy is the best, then I wrote this. And I did.

  • If the Slippery Slope Fallacy isn't the best, pretty soon we'll have anarchy.

  • If you loved me you'd let me call the Emotional Appeal Fallacy the best.

  • It can't be a best list if you leave out the No True Scotsman Fallacy.

  • It's your job to prove the Burden of Proof Fallacy ISN'T the best. Not mine.

  • Super geniuses Dunning & Kruger invented the best Fallacy, Overconfidence Bias.

  • The Appeal to Nature Fallacy is best - it's only natural.

  • The Black and White Fallacy is either the best, or else all logic is wrong.

  • The Ipse Dixit Fallacy is best, full stop, case closed.

  • The Red Herring Fallacy is the best because, oh look, a squirrel!

  • The Straw Man Fallacy is the best because my opponent intends to outlaw it.

  • The Sunk Cost Fallacy is best and it's too late to pick a different one anyway.

  • The Survivorship Fallacy is best because it saved my life.

  • The long-neglected Appeal to Pity Fallacy is the one to support as best.

  • To deny Moral Equivalence Fallacy as the best is just like robbing a bank.

  • The Tautology Fallacy is best. When outlawed only outlaws will have Tautologies.

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Hosken Bombo Disco

Wow, I see what you are trying to do here, stirring stuff up with all these different fallacies, but let’s just rein it in and agree that the Argument for Moderation fallacy is good enough to be best. 

ashbury

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2 hours ago, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Wow, I see what you are trying to do here, stirring stuff up with all these different fallacies, but let’s just rein it in and agree that the Argument for Moderation fallacy is good enough to be best. 

My Physics professor back in college often referred to Proof by Intimidation, but I'm not sure if you're smart enough to see why it's the best Fallacy.

ashbury

ashbury 60,682

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1 hour ago, Craig Arko said:

I reject the premise. They are all equally best.

Sounds like a fine application of False Equivalence, combined with Ipse DIxit.

I'm just grateful the site censor didn't flag me for "poopyhead".

ashbury

ashbury 60,682

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30 minutes ago, Sjoski said:

My best and simple logic says :

IF > Matt Wallner challenges a strike that's five inches inside,

THEN > he’s definitely right about being wrong.

Wallner might be a conundrum too difficult for standard logic using normal axioms to figure out.

Hosken Bombo Disco
2 hours ago, ashbury said:

I'm just grateful the site censor didn't flag me for "poopyhead".

If someone who doesn’t agree with you is a “poopyhead, at best,” then what are they at worst!? 🙂

We could really test the theory that using profanity weakens one’s argument—personally I think it’s complete f***ing bull****, but we could test it!

 

Hosken Bombo Disco
3 hours ago, Sjoski said:

My best and simple logic says :

IF > Matt Wallner challenges a strike that's five inches inside,

THEN > he’s definitely right about being wrong.

 

Maybe the Twins batters are using “tap the top of your helmet” to confirm you have received the signs from the third base coach. If so, they are going to need to change that! 🙂

Vanimal46

Vanimal46 40,415

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Slippery slope is a classic MN sports fallacy. If we extend Joe Mauer we simply can’t afford a team around him. If Kyler Murray does well for the Vikings, we’re gonna have to pay him $50 million a year. 

IndianaTwin

IndianaTwin 12,185

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On 4/2/2026 at 11:40 AM, Hosken Bombo Disco said:

Wow, I see what you are trying to do here, stirring stuff up with all these different fallacies, but let’s just rein it in and agree that the Argument for Moderation fallacy is good enough to be best. 

Don't you just mean that the Argument for Moderation fallacy is good enough? 

bunsen82

bunsen82 2,406

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I just want to know which thread you were wanting to post this in LOL.  

Hosken Bombo Disco
4 hours ago, IndianaTwin said:

Don't you just mean that the Argument for Moderation fallacy is good enough? 

haha, I see what you mean. My comment was a little wordy in general.

But, it was the first comment, and so applying the Fallacy of Posting First means that the post is correct as is. 🙂

ashbury

ashbury 60,682

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2 hours ago, bunsen82 said:

I just want to know which thread you were wanting to post this in LOL.  

One thread leads to another down that slippery slope.  Leads to an equivalence that may or may not be false.  😁

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