Every age suffers from follies based on fallacies. Our principal fallacy is the mechanical man. The mechanical-man fallacy comes from an erroneous analogy based on a false metaphor. The false metaphor ...

Have you ever heard of the phrase, “War on Christmas?” It’s a common exaggeration made by those who perceive a societal change from people saying “Merry Christmas” to now saying “Happy Holidays.” An ...

Straw man fallacy is a mistaken belief, especially based on unsound arguments. It, therefore, renders an argument invalid. A straw man fallacy occurs when someone takes another person's argument or ...

Take for instance the fates of Laurent Koscielny and Benoit Assou-Ekotto, Koscielny took out Nile Ranger as he strode towards goal 40 yards out on the right touch-line, he was dismissed. Benoit ...

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, is buying Twitter. But the company is notoriously unprofitable. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has called Musk the "singular solution" to the company's business ...

What is the Ad Hominem Fallacy? The ad hominem fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself. This fallacy diverts attention from the actual issue ...

Please permit me to comment on a letter by Mr Ruel Johnson (SN January 6, 2016: `It is good to show we are capable of clemency but first we must show we can deliver justice’.) That letter was partly ...

The following comic, which was first published last Monday, has been reprinted with the author’s permission. For more, check out his site, Existential Comics.

Clear and rational thinking is essential for effective decision-making and communication in the work place. However, logical fallacies—errors in reasoning that undermine the logic of an argument—are ...