To start us off...maybe we can start thinking for ourselves a bit????
[b]Argumentum ad populum (Bandwagon Fallacy)[/b] The bandwagon fallacy works by having someone conform beliefs that are based on the popularity of their position. People who use this fallacy will attribute the popularity of their belief to also be validation to its truthfulness. Instead of conforming their belief based on evidence, they will instead be convinced that if the majority of people believe something to be true, then it must therefore be true.
Example: Sam: Why are you a Christian?
Julian: Well, there are over 2 billion Christians in the world. How can all those people be wrong? I'd rather side with the majority than with a fringe group of nonbelievers.
(Disclaimer: there is NO argument about any faith, including Christianity, this is not a slight on the Faith, just an example used: Justreplace with Muslim or Atheist or Jewish...thanks)
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Unfortunately, on the Internet, logical fallacies have become cards that get played fallaciously. Some people treat them like a legalistic way to effortlessly shutdown critics, like if you invoke the name of a fallacy, curtly omitting any justification for that invocation, you win the argument.
@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP You had the first part right...🤭 I'm only trying to point out the FAILED ATTEMPTS to communicate with the logical fallacies (and there are many) that have been identified.
The only logical thing to do is to dissect the "logical fallacy" and not fall into the trap of using one, like Ad Hominem to criticize me for bringing up the topic.
I don't see winning or losing an argument. I do see that if one doesn't enter the conversation then criticizes it anyway, they are the loser. [b] NO ONE wins, unless EVERY ONE WINS.[/b]
