Speak like an insider! Welcome to Snopestionary, where we’ll define a term or piece of fact-checking lingo that we use on the Snopes team. Have a term you want us to explain? Let us know. The red ...

Speak like an insider! Welcome to Snopes-tionary, where we'll define a term or piece of fact-checking lingo that we use on the Snopes team. Have a term you want us to explain? Let us know. Also known ...

What is the Ad Hominem Fallacy? The ad hominem fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself. This fallacy diverts attention from the actual issue ...

“Ad Hominem” attacks in paragraphs No. 1 and No. 2 would be good examples of logical fallacies. The catchphrase “settled science” demonstrates the “Appeal to Closure” logical fallacy, as well as ...

However, the human mind is the irrational elephant in the room, causing many thinkers to misidentify and abuse logical fallacies over the course of a debate. Steven Novella, president of the New ...

To the Times: Your editorial of Aug. 17 asks “Mosque can be built – but should it be?” The better question might be, “Editorialists are free to set up logical fallacies – but should they?” You state: ...

We need science more than ever, yet many people find it hard to get accurate information about the scientific method and its achievements. Making things more difficult, their misconceptions about ...