Bandwagon - a fallacy based on the assumption that the opinion of the majority is always valid: that is, everyone believes it, so you should too., Slippery Slope - a fallacy in which a course of action is objected to on the grounds that once taken it will lead to additional actions until some undesirable consequence results., Non Sequitur - a conclusion that does not follow logically with what preceded it., Hasty Generalizations - a conclusion that is not logically justified by sufficient evidence., Red Herring - an observation that draws attention away from the central issue in an argument or discussion; an informal logical fallacy. It is also called a "decoy.", Ad Hominem - an attack against the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself, Appeal to Nature - an argument that assumes the natural choice is always the best choice, Circular Reasoning - an argument that supports a claim with the claim itself, Guilt by Association - an unfair negative association with another person or group that is intended to discredit someone or something, False Causation - the assumption that because two things happened together, one caused the other, False Dichotomy - an argument that presents only two choices when more options exist, Straw Man - a misrepresentation of an opponent's position that makes it easier to argue against,

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