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Misleading Vividness

Misleading Vividness. A very small number of dramatic events are taken to outweigh a significant amount of statistical evidence. Ex. In Detroit, there’s a 10 year old living on the street selling drug to stay alive. In LA, a 19 year old prostitute work the streets. America’s youth is in trouble.

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Misleading Vividness

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  1. Misleading Vividness • A very small number of dramatic events are taken to outweigh a significant amount of statistical evidence • Ex. In Detroit, there’s a 10 year old living on the street selling drug to stay alive. In LA, a 19 year old prostitute work the streets. America’s youth is in trouble. • Explanation: While the story of the 10 yr. old illegal pharmacist and the 19 yr old prostitute is disturbing, it is just 2 situations out of million of situations. There’s a vast majority who live regular lives www.logicallyfallacious.com http://www.nizkor.org

  2. Personal Attack • Description: • When a person substitutes abusive remarks for evidence when attacking another person’s claim or claims • They’ll attack the person but not the claim itself http://pathosdaily.blogspot.com/ http://www.nizkor.org

  3. Poisoning the Well • Description: • Trying to discredit what a person might later claim by presenting unfavorable info. about the person • Unfavorable info a the person is presented • Therefore anything that the person say is false http://inquiry.mcdaniel.edu http://www.nizkor.org

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