21. How not to argue like an idiot

   This article published by Scribble Preach, written by Nmcdonal, talks about how to properly have a discussion with someone. By listing commonly made errors while arguing, Nmcdonal teaches the reader how not to argue like an idiot. The author defends that common mistakes such as having false analogies in one's argument, arguing with too much authority, psychological fallacies and other stated in the article make the person arguing seem like an idiot and  makes them automatically lose the credibility in their article. Nmcdonal argues that in order to have a valid argument one has to focus on the argument and the facts, and not on the person with whom they are arguing with. This article is very helpful to most readers and judging from the comments it enlightened many people on how to have a real, valid argument.
     An example of a logical fallacy that I have heard is one time when I was watching television with my parents. We were watching a debate of a Baptist pastor and an evolutionist. The fallacy came from the pastor who unfortunately wasn't as well prepared as the evolutionist for the debate and instead of focusing on the argument. The fallacy committed was number five in the article by Nmcdonal: Confusion equals cause. The pastor used the argument that because science could not prove how the Big Bang theory came about and how did humans evolve from an animal, then it obviously was because God is who created everything rather than what the evolutionist was saying. This didn't make much sense to anyone, because the confusing of the argument did not equal cause.




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