Informal fallacies

Question 1

Majority of belief

Answer 1

Most people think so so it should be that way

Question 2

Common practice

Answer 2

Most people do it therefore it is morally acceptable

Question 3

Gambler’s fallacy

Answer 3

Chance is 50/50, the last 5 times the coin landed on heads so the next must be tails

Question 4

Ad hominem

Answer 4

Attacking the opponent instead of the argument, or disproving because of dislike for that person

Question 5

Ad hominem circumstantial

Answer 5

Rejecting the argument because the speaker would benefit from it

Question 6

Te quoque

Answer 6

Rejecting based on hypocritism or inconsistancy between action/claim.

Question 7

Appeal to authority

Answer 7

Unjustified appeal to authority, he/she does not in fact have authoratative on matter at hand/reason to doubt

Question 8

Perfectionist

Answer 8

Debunking idea purely bc it will not completely fix the problem

Question 9

Weak analogy

Answer 9

One thing is similar to another, therefore similar in further aspects. Vans are used by terrorist. We don’t ban vans so we shouldn’t ban guns