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Logical Fallacies - False Cause & Strawman
Nathan Orr joins Bryan to talk about some logical fallacies, namely the false cause and strawman. They explain how those fallacies show up in the trade.
It's difficult to present arguments without using fallacies, but people tend to rely on fallacies to uphold extreme religious or ideological viewpoints or conspiracy theories. Fallacies are also often easier to communicate than nuanced science and data.
"False cause" relates to the phrase "correlation does not equal causation." It can be tempting to link coincidences and say that one thing causes the other, but that could very well not be…
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