Editing Logical Fallacies (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Applying</span> ==
'''Modeling 'The Fallacy Detector' (Identifying common errors in text):'''
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def detect_fallacy(statement):
    """
    Shows how common 'Dirty Tricks' look.
    """
    if "everyone" in statement.lower() and "right" in statement.lower():
        return "FALLACY: BANDWAGON (Popularity != Truth)"
    elif "either" in statement.lower() and "or" in statement.lower():
        return "FALLACY: FALSE DILEMMA (Life is not Black and White)"
    elif "you" in statement.lower() and "wrong" in statement.lower():
        return "FALLACY: AD HOMINEM (Attack the idea, not the person)"
    else:
        return "LOGIC: APPEARS CLEAN (Check premises)"

# Case: "Either we ban all cars or the planet dies!"
print(detect_fallacy("Either we ban all cars or the planet dies!"))
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; Fallacy Landmarks
: '''The 'Reductio ad Hitlerum'''' → A common modern fallacy: "Hitler liked dogs, therefore liking dogs is bad." (Guilt by Association).
: '''The 'Sunk Cost' Fallacy''' → (See Article 457). The logic error of "Throwing good money after bad" just because you already spent some.
: '''The 'Gambler's' Fallacy''' → The belief that if a coin hits "Heads" 5 times, it is "Due" to hit "Tails." (In reality, each flip is 50/50).
: '''The 'Texas Sharpshooter'''' → "Picking your data" after the result is known (e.g., shooting a gun at a wall, then "Drawing the target" around the holes to say you are a great shot).
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