Father said to son, “ If you are not able to pass the final exam, you will not be accepted to a good high school, and you will not be able to go to a university, then you will not get a good job. Eventually, you will not be able to survive!”
This fallacy is making assumptions about a whole group based on an inadequate and unqualified generalization. Applies a general statement too broadly, without considering possible exceptions.
Comment: Statistics have shown that not living together before marriage leads to happier marriages.
Straw Man (1)
Person A and Person B are having a debate.
We are going to learn eleven common logical fallacies.
Ad Hominem
Attacking or praising a person rather than the argument itself.
For example:
1. A: Which lecture do you like, Li’s or Zhang’s?