Thursday, April 09, 2015

Changing the Subject

Hi everybody! Tonight's fallacies are: Anonymous Authority and Style Over Substance. Choose one for writing and one for debunking!

43 comments:

Mitchell Ledbetter said...

I heard that there were some underage kids drinking at the party last night.

Alexandra said...

I heard somebody in the hall say that they're dating now!

@Mitchell Since you don't have actual proof that they were, so we don't know if this is true

flann said...

I heard on the news that eating Easter candy after Easter is illegal.

Lauren Granier said...

I picked Anna's book to read because the cover was more colorful.

Lauren Granier said...

@Flann We don't know the news source to know if that is a reliable statement.

flann said...

@alexandra I don't know where you heard that from so I can't believe it to be true.

Unknown said...

Experts say the best way to look cool is to have a good looking car

Unknown said...

I heard that we have free dress every Monday from now on.

Mitchell Ledbetter said...

@Chauncie Since the "experts" aren't known there is no way for me to look it up to see if it's a true statement

Unknown said...

@Chauncie I don't know who the experts are, or know their past studies. Therefore, there is no proof of your statement.

anna bygrave said...

I heard that Mr. Connell is giving us all 20 out of 20 on this assignment.

JohnAllen said...

I heard Mr. Connell dosn't actually write his own music.

@Collin Stamps We dont know if you heard that from a reliable source so we cant take it as true.

anna bygrave said...

@Alexandra: the person you overheard that from could have been talking about someone else, or you could have overheard them wrong.

kaylee said...

Experts say that hiccups can kill you.

kaylee said...

@Mitchell You weren't at the party so you are not a reliable source. Also we dont't know if what you heard was from a reliable source either.

Unknown said...

@johnallen The source you have heard that from is very unreliable so I don't know if that's true or not

Haley said...

Experts say that eating cake for breakfast is good for you.c

Haley said...

@collin since you don't have proof that we have free dress Monday so it is not true

Justin Chestang said...

I read in a magazine that consuming ice cream in large amounts is great for your health.

Alondra Torres said...

The kid next to my locker told me that we are getting free cupcakes tomorrow!

@kaylee: I just had the hiccups and i'm still alive.

Justin Chestang said...

@Haley There is no way to evaluate the reliability of these "experts" so we don't know if the information is true or false.

Unknown said...

I remember that someone once told me that if you drink rain water that you get stronger.

Unknown said...

@justin You do not have any real evidence or proof from the magazine that it is true, so it is not.

Unknown said...

I heard that a math teacher was curving tests by two letter grades !

Unknown said...

What experts ? @chauncie. Where the proof ?

Nerizza Angeles said...

I read on a blog post that drinking tea all day every day makes you skinny

Nerizza Angeles said...

@Justin what magazine did you read this in? Who wrote this article? You don't know so you're unreliable

sarah said...

@nerizza who wrote the article? It probably isn't a reliable source.

sarah said...

Experts say that watching Netflix all day will make you smarter.

Tuggle said...

I didn't like the first band. Their stage show was garbage

Tuggle said...

Who are these experts? What scientific proof do you have to back it up?

Ty Townes said...

Why would you believe anything he says, look at his hair by one with that kind of hair can't be trusted.

Ty Townes said...

@kaylee who are these experts? Are they renown doctors? What studies and scientific proof has been presented?

Kristian Haikala said...

I heard through the grape vine that dinosaurs were coming back from extinction.

Kristian Haikala said...

@Sarah who are these so called "experts". Chances are they aren't experts of anything. Therefore, I would not listen to that if I were you.

leo said...

The scientist said that you can jump 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 foot, by your foot

leo~ said...

@flann: where had you hear that news from? you can not have the information of the source, then you have no way to values if it is true

Connor said...

Experts say that being a bully leads to a longer life.

Connor said...

@Mitchell You have no actual proof that there were kids drinking at that party therefore we do not know if it is true

Mary-Carmen said...

I read on the Internet that going to school makes u less stressed

Mary-Carmen said...

@connor what field are the experts in? They could be in a whole different field that's related to life

Unknown said...

@leo. Since you don't have any proof that they said that and that they can so we don't know if it's true.

Unknown said...

I heard that you cheated on the last test.