We all are misled by logical fallacies everyday. A Logical fallacy is an incorrect argument in logic and rhetoric which undermines an argument's logical validity or more generally an argument's logical soundness.
Logical fallacies happen in our own thinking, in that of our friends, and in the media. Use Think Smart: Logical Fallacies to hear new logical fallacies to be on the lookout for!
Examples include: Correlation proves causation (post hoc ergo propter hoc) – a faulty assumption that because there is a correlation between two variables that one caused the other.
False dilemma (false dichotomy, fallacy of bifurcation, black-or-white fallacy) – two alternative statements are held to be the only possible options, when in reality there are more
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