Summary of chapter 10 (TFY)

Summary of Chapter 10 (TFY)
Fallacies
Fallacy is defined as a false idea that many people believe is true. It helps in pseudo-reasoning. Fallacies usually manipulate through language, emotions and distraction. Fallacies that manipulate through language are word ambiguity, misleading euphemisms and prejudicial language.
Similarly, fallacies that manipulates through emotion are appeal to fear, appeal to pity, appeal to false authority, appeal to bandwagon and appeal to prejudice.
Fallacies that manipulates through distraction are red herring, pointing to another wrong, straw man and circular reasoning.