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Option 2 : Appeal to Ignorance 

Fallacies are common logical flaws that will weaken your argument's logic.

  • Fallacies might be invalid arguments or irrelevant points, and they're easy to spot because they don't have any proof to back up their claims.
  • The appeal to ignorance fallacy occurs when a person justifies a specific conclusion by exploiting a lack of information. 
  • This fallacy incorrectly places the burden of proof on the person making the allegation.
  • For example, No one has ever been able to prove the existence of extrasensory perception. We must therefore conclude that extra-sensory perception is a myth. 
  • In this example, the conclusion is drawn that the existence of extrasensory myth is justified by exploiting a lack of information. 

​Therefore, "No one has ever been able to prove the existence of extrasensory perception. We must therefore conclude that extra-sensory perception is a myth", the appeal to ignorance fallacy is committed in this sentence. 

  • Slippery slope: The slippery slope fallacy occurs when if one thing happens or is permitted to happen subsequent steps will follow eventually leading to a final consequence.
  • Hasty generalization: A hasty generalisation is a fallacy in which a judgement is reached without sufficient or unbiased evidence to support it.
  • Red herring: This fallacy involves attempting to divert the conversation to a topic on which the person conducting the redirecting is more knowledgeable.
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