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Fallacy practice
1. Whenever I wear green socks my logic grade goes up. That is why I save my green socks to wear only on the days of the test.
2. Nixon cheated on his income tax, Agnew cheated on his income tax, and, I've heard, so did Bush. I conclude that all politicians cheat on their income tax.
3. The great Eli Wallback, an international chess expert has pointed out that zinc tablets help him concentrate better. There can be no doubt that zinc is essential for increased mental function because Eli Wallback is so brilliant.
4. The report of the Mayo study has shown that vitamin C plays no significant role in certain types of cancer because the study shows that vitamin C is not effective.
5. I had a friend who started taking vitamin C, and he caught a cold. Therefore, it must have been the vitamin C which produced the cold.
6. In spite of all of the talk, not a single flying saucer report has been totally authenticated. We may conclude, therefore, there are not such things as flying saucers.
7. Either we pass a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget, or we let deficits ruin us. Given this state of affairs, the choice is clear.
8. I think I am qualified for the job, although I have had little experience in the field. But I've been out of work for two months, and I really need the money.
9. Senator Cummins says that we've been too hasty in shutting down military nuclear facilities. But, I must point out, he has a large nuclear facility in his home state that he is trying to save.
10. Since substances made of chromium tend to be orange in color, we may confidently expect chromium itself to be orange in color.
11. The main reason that women's intuition is more accurate than men's is that men's intuition is not as nearly as well developed and so is less reliable.
12. You shouldn't have legislation against a thing that the majority of the population does. And today the majority smokes marijuana. So marijuana should be legal.
13. I heard they want us to get the vaccine now, so they can just keep vaccinating us every year.
14. I heard we can't trust the AstraZeneca vaccine because that company is aligned with the eugenics movement.
15. If the vaccine doesn't prevent a person from getting infected and spreading SARS-CoV-2, why get vaccinated?