Exam 6: Logical Fallacies--2

I think the moon landing was a hoax. Do you know of any proof it wasn't?

Billy, I know you want to go to school today, but you have the flu and you should stay home. If you go to school, you might give the flu to some of your friends and classmates. They, in turn, might give it to their friends and classmates. Eventually, lots of students might get sick.

Two years ago I drank a Pond Water Lite beer, and the beer was watery and tasteless. Six months ago I drank a Pond Water Lite beer, and the beer was watery and tasteless. Two weeks ago I drank a Pond Water Lite beer, and the beer was watery and tasteless. I guess all Pond Water Lite beers are watery and tasteless.

Jen went into that house that everyone says is haunted last night. She had consumed a few beers and had just watched a scary movie. It was really dark and there was lots of lightning outside, and she swears she saw something spooky in the master bedroom once when the lightning struck. I'm telling you that house is haunted.

Some claims are so inherently debtabale that they cannot be settled by appeals to expert opinion.

Donald Trump said that the researchers he paid to investigate whether or not President Obama was born in the United States are finding some very interesting things. I guess the so-called president isn't really a United States citizen.

Tabloid headline: UFOs: Extraterrestrials or Demons?

An arguer commits the fallacy of loaded question when he or she poses a question that contains an unfair or unwarranted presupposition.

A hasty generalization is committed when an arguer supports a general conclusion about a class of persons or things with insufficient or unrepresentative evidence.