Episode 22: Fallacy Watch: A Few Induction Fallacies

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In this episode April discusses the hasty generalization fallacy, the weak analogy fallacy, and the mistaken appeal to authority. Can you tell she really likes to talk about fallacies?

Episode 22 Show Notes:

A brief description of deductive and inductive reasoning, in case you wondered:
https://www.livescience.com/21569-deduction-vs-induction.html

Some good examples of hasty generalization fallacies:
https://www.bettercognitions.com/articles/hasty-generalization-fallacy-examples/

I don't know about the "Captain Bligh" reference, but this Time article does explain what happened to Captain Holly Graf:
http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1969602,00.html

This "Cranky Uncle" is actually a research fellow in climate science at the Climate Change Communication Research Hub at Monash University in Australia. I got a couple of good examples of bad arguments from this page.
https://crankyuncle.com/critical-thinking-about-covid-false-analogies-about-cupcakes-and-obesity/

A good source for an explanation of bad arguments:
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/search

The Vicks 44 commercial with a very hot fake doctor:
https://youtu.be/ts0XG6qDIco

The article with a pretty good analogical argument for universal healthcare in the US:
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2019/universal-health-coverage-eight-countries?gclid=Cj0KCQjw8eOLBhC1ARIsAOzx5cG8JkvppAGHwJ6fvyGgP8W3i9Il6DTEbsvoAh5EHgWlxVr91h9Yk7QaAg7yEALw_wcB

A good explanation of when you should rely on experts:
https://fallacyinlogic.com/appeal-to-authority-fallacy/

Pew Research data about how many scientists agree on evolution:
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/02/11/darwin-day/

A careful reading of this will help you understand the division over how many scientists think global warming is a thing:
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/isnt-there-lot-disagreement-among-climate-scientists-about-global-warming

AMA's data showing the vast majority of physicians are vaccinated against Covid:
https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-survey-shows-over-96-doctors-fully-vaccinated-against-covid-19

The Forbes article discussing the controversy surrounding the actual percentage of climate scientist who agree that climate change is largely caused by humans:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/uhenergy/2016/12/14/fact-checking-the-97-consensus-on-anthropogenic-climate-change/?sh=3b6d352a1157