An Argument of Logical Fallacies

[ambrosiathe1]

I want to watch fawlty towers now...

[Standuble]

I wish I was better at determining when I was making a logical fallacy! It's like walking blindfolded through a minefield sometimes!

[mrteemumilto]

I would like to criminalize fallacistic arguments in the court, the politics and the media.

[FallofDarkness55]

An argument of logical fallacies only proves ignorance.

[jessemaurais]

It's amazing how many people who will commit a fallacy and go thinking that their argument is logically sound. In some cases even after you point out the fallacy to them, they'll continue to use it.

[robertwc82]

LOL @ the ad homenim

[casanovakreg]

sounds like some "intellectuals" I know.  a good tool/site is learnlogicalfallacies

[S2niS2]

the left side is cute

the right side is funny

[studentofsmith]

I would like to suggest that when you cut to black to name the fallacy being made you also display a brief description of that fallacy. Let's face it, some people are not familiar with these fallacies and need it spelled out for them.

[Bulacanos]

APOCALYPTIC CLOWN PARADE!!!!

[aReasonableMan12]

I like the concept, guys. I think this could be really good as a teaching tool. Could you re-shoot his with a dedicated microphone?

[Avarice176]

^Agreed. its kinda hard to hear

[leorama77]

i don't think he can ride a bike.

[pete975]

I couldn't understand most of what was said.

[1011010]

Like listening to child actors attempt to emote.

[omarhea1]

great vid

[proatheism]

Fantastic video.

[Buddmac]

ok better that some.

[tsummerlee]

You boys are hilarious! Loved it. Do more!

[shadowenglish]

Very cool.

[kangarc]

This would be really good if the sound didn't suck so badly.

[BeatBuddy]

They stroke their beards like I stroke my cats.

[growndog]

Dude! thanks a lot for the vid. It really helps in my writing class. Better than my teacher lecturing on some nonsense.

[traemc]

Grades are then only needed because of students who wouldn't work in order to keep them working, but do they have a real intrinsic value to those would work?

As for the slippery slope, a slippery slope isn't always wrong, but when missaplied, it becomes the slippery slope fallacy.

[OspacemarineO]

@traemc Grades exist to determine the ability of the student. Period.

[traemc]

Education and employment are different because in employment one is provided a wage or benefit for providing a service to another, whereas in higher education one is paying for a service. However, goal becomes to get a good grade, not necessarily to gain all possible benefit from the service in order not to waste money. But, if grades were removed, then no one would be striving to get them. The question then becomes, would students stop work or not? -- which is the point of the video's analogy.

[MetaMorphy]

This is good. Was the money grades analogy really that bad, however? The slippery slope is not a fallacy though it can be misapplied; it just requires that you answer the question what principle stops the slope from being slippery?

[traemc]

Well, the money-grade one was a false analogy because money and grades are so different in function. Firstly, it must be known that the context is higher education -- college. Since students are in this context actually paying to take advantage of a service rather than being paid, it can be seen as a false analogy on that level to a degree. I would also argue that money is a reward for work -- an earned right -- whereas grades act more as a penalty than a reward.

[MetaMorphy]

Oh, I did not know that. I think the analogy works better at the grade school level; I did not know the context.