Episode 22: Fallacy Watch: A Few Induction Fallacies

Send us Fan MailIn this episode April discusses the hasty generalization fallacy, the weak analogy fallacy, and the mistaken appeal to authority. Can you tell she really likes to talk about fallacies? Episode 22 Show Notes:A brief description of deductive and inductive reasoning, in case you wondered:https://www.livescience.com/21569-deduction-vs-induction.htmlSome good examples of hasty generalization fallacies:https://www.bettercognitions.com/articles/hasty-generalization-fallacy-examples/I don't know about the "Captain Bligh" reference, but this Time article does explain what happened to Captain Holly Graf:http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1969602,00.htmlThis "Cranky Uncle" is actually a research fellow in climate science at the Climate Change Communication Research Hub at Monash University in Australia. I got a couple of good examples of bad arguments from this page.https://crankyuncle.com/critical-thinking-about-covid-false-analogies-about-cupcakes-and-obesity/A good source for an explanation of bad arguments:https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/searchThe Vicks 44 commercial with a very hot fake doctor:https://youtu.be/ts0XG6qDIcoThe article with a pretty good analogical argument for universal healthcare in the US:https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2019/universal-health-coverage-eight-countries?gclid=Cj0KCQjw8eOLBhC1ARIsAOzx5cG8JkvppAGHwJ6fvyGgP8W3i9Il6DTEbsvoAh5EHgWlxVr91h9Yk7QaAg7yEALw_wcBA good explanation of when you should rely on experts:https://fallacyinlogic.com/appeal-to-authority-fallacy/Pew Research data about how many scientists agree on evolution:https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/02/11/darwin-day/A careful reading of this will help you understand the division over how many scientists think global warming is a thing:https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/isnt-there-lot-disagreement-among-climate-scientists-about-global-warming AMA's data showing the vast majority of physicians are vaccinated against Covid:https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-survey-shows-over-96-doctors-fully-vaccinated-against-covid-19The Forbes article discussing the controversy surrounding the actual percentage of climate scientist who agree that climate change is largely caused by humans:https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2016/12/14/fact-checking-the-97-consensus-on-anthropogenic-climate-change/?sh=3b6d352a1157