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  • @SomeBartender
    @SomeBartender 5 років тому +57

    I notice this a lot with salesmen. Car dealers loans mainly. “If we extend the loan period you’ll save a ton of money monthly” it gets you to think about the money you save per month on the payment and distracts you from realizing that your paying way more in interest.

  • @GigaWh4tt
    @GigaWh4tt 4 роки тому +298

    Does anyone else think that spotting logical fallacies should be taught in public schools?

    • @pavaomarusic6051
      @pavaomarusic6051 4 роки тому +7

      Yeeeeeeees!!!!!!!

    • @tonyazrael8223
      @tonyazrael8223 4 роки тому +11

      It is where I come from: Canada. In late high school however, if you mean in elementary school, then I strongly agree. And so should algebra because it trains our ability to think logically and so, makes us better at thinking critically and spotting fallacies.

    • @GigaWh4tt
      @GigaWh4tt 4 роки тому +7

      @@tonyazrael8223 Here in the US it's not. So I envy your country & others that do the same for the populaces public education. I also agree with you that it should be taught at the elementary level. On the topic of algebra however... children need to be taught & master the fundamentals of mathematics before taking on that subject matter. Which takes time & practice in their curriculum over years. So if they can have it incorporated at younger age & be successfully taught, then I absolutely agree with you.

    • @tonyazrael8223
      @tonyazrael8223 4 роки тому +2

      @@GigaWh4tt Not even in High-School? That's very unfortunate. And possibly very damaging to the country in the long run I believe. We've seen what ignorance can do when it affects large numbers: racism, xenophobia, mistrust of medicine (vaccines), crimes, etc. and because of that, I don't believe it's crazy to think that public schools plays a large role in a country's wellbeing. I know it's more complicated than that but at least it's a good start, right?
      I know I typed "algebra", but in my mind I meant pre-algebra. The reason I said that is because kids between grade 3 and 6 already know how to solve 3 × ? = 12, but it's never formally introduced as a new branch of math to build on, so instead I spent 7 years just doing arithmetics which is a HUGE waste of time considering my peers and I are already familiar with the basic operations by the fourth year.

    • @denmichaelmalayo9716
      @denmichaelmalayo9716 3 роки тому +4

      We are taught in Philippines, and we are taught various philosophical school of thought as well

  • @Karrde
    @Karrde 7 років тому +97

    "clearly one's dislike of pizza is irrelevant to one's political abilities"I wouldn't be so sure.

  • @schrishzen
    @schrishzen 7 років тому +13

    Q: Why are there two churches located in the same neighborhood across the street from each other? What is one teaching that the other is not?
    A: Just because there are multiple churches doesn’t mean they aren’t doing anything for the community, not everyone in there is a Christian.

    • @jameshouck1605
      @jameshouck1605 6 років тому +6

      Just curious, but wouldn't that be considered the straw man fallacy?

    • @thekantedkalcedony
      @thekantedkalcedony 2 роки тому +1

      @@jameshouck1605 Yes it would be. This is straw man, creating a counterargument that never existed.

  • @hidayaamani2904
    @hidayaamani2904 6 років тому +50

    Isn't it similar to an extent to strawman fallacy? Especially on 'answering the wrong question'.

    • @kevingillespie5242
      @kevingillespie5242 5 років тому +22

      I'd say yes. They are similar except the strawman is a "counterargument," and the red herring is an "argument" itself

    • @Zekrom569
      @Zekrom569 4 роки тому +15

      Well yeah, this is basically a misleading statement that attempts to change the subject, while the straw man is misrepresenting the position of the other person...Eg someone says "we must reduce fossil fuels to protect the planet" on TV and some portion of those people might take it as "Oh great, more taxes on car owners" or "Oh no, again our tax money going to useless organizations"...or something like that, basically straw man is misrepresenting someones position to make it easier to attack the "modified argument" while the red herring is more about misleading and "detouring" the argument to another subject

    • @MrUporabniskoime
      @MrUporabniskoime 3 роки тому +6

      @@Zekrom569... Agree. The strawman focuses attention on a spot, the red herring loosely points "somewhere"... :)

  • @Hyperstar5
    @Hyperstar5 4 роки тому +19

    when most of the claims in Judge Judy are literally red herrings.

  • @Guyverman01
    @Guyverman01 8 місяців тому +1

    They need to start labelling fallacies under broader categories more often. It would make them easier to remember.

  • @TheICombaticon
    @TheICombaticon 7 років тому +15

    Would the fallacy of Whataboutism fall under Red Herring? Or would it fall under the broader Fallacies of Relevance category?

    • @elischmitter9711
      @elischmitter9711 7 років тому +7

      TheICombaticon I think whataboutism falls under appeal to hypocrisy or to queue. Which is under the fallacies of relevance.

    • @Anticrystal88
      @Anticrystal88 7 років тому +5

      ThelCombaticon I was wondering the same thing. I do think it falls under the whole Red Herring thing. Media: You colluded with the Russians! Politicians: But what about Hillary's emails?!
      Which is not the issue here, it's an entirely different one. But it's designed to distract people from the actual topic of discussion, so it sure seems like it fits the description of a Red Herring.

    • @trex511ft
      @trex511ft Рік тому

      defintely red herring

    • @trex511ft
      @trex511ft Рік тому

      @@elischmitter9711 no, tuquoque is when you accuse the person of doing the same, it doesn't exactly ignore the subject but tries to nullify it through inneficient means. Red herring is when you throw a complete new subject to the table in the attemps to minimize the original subject.

  • @barryjohnson5288
    @barryjohnson5288 5 років тому +8

    So basically it is a distraction, and redirection of a debate, or question?

    • @rklewis2
      @rklewis2 4 роки тому +2

      And often followed up with a straw man...to lend it some credibility.

    • @Kauffman578
      @Kauffman578 4 роки тому

      @@rklewis2 can you elaborate on the strawman connected to red herring? Thanks

  • @littlebee33
    @littlebee33 4 роки тому +4

    woah i just found this channel. pretty cool!

  • @davidllewis4075
    @davidllewis4075 6 років тому +9

    Perhaps I am predisposed to do so, but for past 2+ years I have been hearing increasing number of people respond to questions about trump by attacking Hillary Clinton. Seen it often enough to vaguely recall from my one and only logic class (cir, 1973) that there was a fallacy in those responses, just couldn't remember what it's called.

    • @jimiboi87
      @jimiboi87 Рік тому

      Unfortunately it goes the same in reverse too. The left will often try to place blame on Trump when asked about their own policies and shortcomings.

  • @emberheat990
    @emberheat990 3 роки тому +1

    everyone in the comments who's grandparents go off on random tangents after being asked a question

  • @jamiefranklin2057
    @jamiefranklin2057 4 роки тому +12

    would you agree that the first example is also an example of an appeal to emotion fallacy?

  • @kathev9050
    @kathev9050 3 роки тому +1

    If it doesnt fit, u must acquit = red herring?

  • @ericmadeoftin8206
    @ericmadeoftin8206 3 роки тому +3

    On the question of what is a red herring? Well, it's good to try and answer though questions like these, as when my niece asks why is the sky blue. Speaking of blue let me tell about the sailboat I'm thinking of buying. ( see what I did here, you've just been red herringed)!

    • @haza123b4
      @haza123b4 3 роки тому +2

      *Actually a red herring is when you introduce irrelevant points to distract from the question. You introduced seemingly irrelevant points to answer the question.*

    • @SCH292
      @SCH292 3 роки тому

      Here is another example. I once argued with an AK47 fan boy on the internet. The fan boy claimed that,"Nobody besides USA uses the M16 platform". I argue back and did my best to debunk him by naming him a list of countries that uses M16 platform. He than responded back by bringing up M16's jamming issues and bring up the topic how AK are so easy to make they can make it in caves.

  • @mckt007
    @mckt007 7 років тому +12

    I liked Trump's red herring where he made the media focus on wether some lady was trying to offer him sexual favors - instead of focusing on wether she was sexually assualted or whatever.

  • @e.j.meader5919
    @e.j.meader5919 6 місяців тому

    My favorite red herring: "Vikings didn't have horned helmets. They would have been impractical in battle."

  • @cathyrinepsycoor7056
    @cathyrinepsycoor7056 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this

  • @mithilbhoras5951
    @mithilbhoras5951 6 місяців тому

    Is this also a non sequiter argument?

  • @hollowedboi5937
    @hollowedboi5937 4 роки тому

    Bro Grady, them boxes are kinda fire 🔥🔥🔥

  • @gezaburkit8914
    @gezaburkit8914 3 роки тому +1

    HISTORY. I realizing more and more, as time goes by, you got these publishers that put a bunch of lies out there and people buy in to that. As time goes by they think people will forget, or some younger generation will not know the truth and be mislead into believing these fallacies. This is why history is so important, to preserve, to teach to reach to upbuild one from within.
    I'm a Skeptic Nature, optimistic. Every time I see something, I'm like "What are they trying to hide now!?"
    As teens, We thought we had this settled during the mid to late 1990's (1993-1999), but yet there back again doing things like this "Fallacies." It's even worst now, the History Channel is teaching Aliens from space, the paranormal, etc...
    .

  • @gezaburkit8914
    @gezaburkit8914 3 роки тому +3

    > Hey Joseph Wu, I spotted some Fallacies of Relevance, and Red Herrings; also seen Proof by Verbosity, and confirmations bias in a BOOK PUBLICATION. The book is titled: " You May Ask Yourself, " 6th Edition, Dalton Conley, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Independent Publishers. For Sociology Introduction, for college course.
    > The book was terribly written and researched, Chapter # 10 (Poverty) was really bad, it gave credit to former President Lyndon B. Johnson, as staring the war on poverty. I did real actual research and findings outside the book publication, President Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Johnson Holy Rock (Lakota President). All three of them Initiated the war on Poverty. The book gave no credit to MLK nor Kennedy. A lot of people liked Kennedy, he was a peoples president, a lot of people liked him, African-Americans liked him too. The book should have stated that President Lyndon B. Johnson "continued" the works of MLK and Kennedy.
    > More info on this publication is chapters # 6 (Social Control and Deviance), # 8 (Gender). Chapter 6, was not written well, it talked as if a person owned another person (ownership chapter), not acceptance. Chapter # 8, used long words to try to confuse people, then going from science it went into Pseudoscience and adhering to gods (mystic power) to prove peoples gender status. Some other problems were 1990s economic boom? -That was a lie people found it hard to get employment because a lot of companies filed chapter 11 bankruptcy such as Steel companies. It also said people gambled over their health between 1900 - 1946 in the industry, people did not have a choice of employment back then. Even thou the book talked about religion, it never got into the deviance of the clergy abuse issue, making them all look immune to justice. Last but not least, JUSTICE, for a sociology book [Sociology ties with pre-law] it did not go over Human Rights, nor Justice such as Crimes Against Humanity.
    > The book never covered "all groups," two were missing: Veterans (Men and Women) with prestige, and Disabled individuals, both part of society. Those were not included in Sociology.
    > Book was Paradox, false proposition, false scheme, false offer, false logic.
    > Got a B+ in course I liked the Sociology intro course, but hated the book. These were good Sociologists: C. Wright Mills, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Jane Addams, and W.E.B. Du Bois were all good, but after them, I thought what happened to Sociology?

  • @Devious_Dave
    @Devious_Dave 7 років тому +2

    Whiskey from Ireland, whisky from Scotland. Was this a red herring? :-)

  • @coachjoachimroomaney793
    @coachjoachimroomaney793 5 років тому

    Ok, I was going to ask you to do one on the relevance of University studies. Geuss you covered it.

  • @Noonien96-nx6yj
    @Noonien96-nx6yj 2 місяці тому

    The politician who diverted to the foreign policy issue isn't necessarily committing a red herring if he's previously primed his target audience to believe that funds for health care require a powerful tariff policy. When he does that you'll risk losing his target audience if you accuse him of confusing the issue, unless you first inform his target audience of a domestic solution to the funding question. It has to be something more concrete than describing future changes to tax and commerce regulations, especially if your side has a bad reputation for follow-through on the same, while his side has a reputation for playing hard-ball on foreign policy. Even if your side thinks a strong tariff policy is a bad idea, you really need to convince his target audience that he isn't sincere about directing tariff earnings toward health care. You also have to consider that his target audience is likely to be pleased that he's promising to play foreign hard-ball whether he does anything about healthcare or not, in which case you need to show his audience that he not only isn't sincere about healthcare but that he also intendeds to let a leopard eat their faces right before withholding suitable healthcare options.

  • @IntelDesignS59
    @IntelDesignS59 Місяць тому

    Thank you very VERY much for the effort you put in to this. I do have one point though, a minor one, but whisky from Scotland does not have an 'e' in it. This error in content in no way diminishes your logic though!😁

  • @edwardgale4491
    @edwardgale4491 2 місяці тому

    Is not the cartoon depiction of the politician (blond hair, somewhat eccentric signature coiffure, and red tie) bordering on said fish?

  • @tealseal7781
    @tealseal7781 4 роки тому

    Can you use this fallacy when presenting your argument to a group who is not educated about this sort of thing?

  • @jaedenvanderberg3890
    @jaedenvanderberg3890 6 років тому +1

    Could this also be a form of begging the question?

    • @davidhoffman6980
      @davidhoffman6980 4 роки тому

      Hi. The term "Begging the question" arose from the tactic of asking an opponent to cede the entire debate question under the guise of ceding a minor point. It is used to refer to circular arguments in which some part of the conclusion is used as a premise.
      Example: "murder is bad because killing people is wrong."

  • @kaansancaktarmusic
    @kaansancaktarmusic 4 роки тому +1

    In your example there is no red herring. Prosecuter says he commited murder plus he tortured the victim while murdering so he should be punished more. İf he killed the victim just with the gun with one shot for example it would be just murder, but since the crime weapon is something that can cause too much pain and the fact that it kills adds more to his crimes. Bad example.

  • @tiktaktictac
    @tiktaktictac 3 роки тому

    Am I wrong to say that most examples given in this video are also guilty of "Straw Man" fallacy ?

  • @mikelbogars8863
    @mikelbogars8863 7 років тому

    Interesting video. (Maybe improve the animation by not typing words one letter at a time which is too slow and distracting compare to our reading speed..) So, how do we counter or diffuse such fallacies once we're aware of it?

  • @eastern3318
    @eastern3318 6 років тому +1

    thee biggest *red* *heron* of all red herrings

  • @IrOnKeN333
    @IrOnKeN333 7 років тому

    Are red herrings the same logical fallacy as whataboutism-(where someone tries to distract from you point by saying what about and comparing unnecessarily)?

  • @ArpitRawat-ew7ni
    @ArpitRawat-ew7ni 7 місяців тому

    All political wings have come together here in this video

  • @bigoof234
    @bigoof234 Рік тому

    DOES ANYONE HAVE A SPECIfic example of a red herring in media or debate

  • @rarler3333
    @rarler3333 6 років тому

    Last example? Throw out like 8 topics in every sentence. It's a way to glean interest from a date. -still single

  • @jaychaudhry6461
    @jaychaudhry6461 3 роки тому

    why the captions are in Korean?

    • @agitohd
      @agitohd 2 роки тому

      Cause Mr. Wu is Korean himself?

  • @manuelmanuel9248
    @manuelmanuel9248 3 роки тому +1

    The closest fallacy to a red herring is the straw man fallacy. Both are fallacies of relevance.

  • @yoshtopia8046
    @yoshtopia8046 Рік тому

    Do condemn Hamas? Is a red herring

    • @JamesPetts
      @JamesPetts 4 місяці тому

      Surely that depends what the underlying argument is?

  • @brucestuff
    @brucestuff 4 роки тому +2

    US house of representatives loves red herrings

  • @kervincapangpangan1340
    @kervincapangpangan1340 3 роки тому +1

    Reporter: Americans are reportedly still stranded in Afghanistan, and the Taloban's deadline is fast approaching.Will the withdrawal efforts of Americans be still conducted beyond the deadline.
    Politician: The government is doing everything to get people that wants to get out of the country back to America. Our record breaking withdrawal efforts managed to bring back almost a thousand americans and refugees in just one day.
    Is this red herring??

  • @jfrd-pw4hk
    @jfrd-pw4hk 4 роки тому +4

    Our president loves committing red herring and equivocation fallacies.
    I'm from the Philippines and I'm talking about Duterte.

    • @philosophyphilosophy7647
      @philosophyphilosophy7647 4 роки тому +1

      @Run, Jack. Run. not these days, it always was. Our minds are very suseptible to fallacies.

  • @eastern3318
    @eastern3318 6 років тому

    read red heron herrin' hearin' . its as deep as it is simple

  • @bf2king470
    @bf2king470 4 роки тому +2

    Why is my poop red

  • @anyname777
    @anyname777 2 роки тому

    False dilemma? Not liking pizza does in fact disqualify one from being fit for public office.

  • @jasongibson1225
    @jasongibson1225 5 років тому +2

    Laugh if you want, but this very argument 4:08 actually won people when Trump ate pizza in NYC wrong once.

  • @xylophone897
    @xylophone897 6 років тому +2

    So this includes whataboutism?

  • @YouTuber-2077
    @YouTuber-2077 4 роки тому +1

    Omg , I do that all the time .

  • @patricktessier7238
    @patricktessier7238 5 років тому

    05:15 - "As a result, it becomes extremely difficult to criticize the argument when it is so difficult to identify."
    Ohhhhhhh my god, welcome to my fuckin relationship...

  • @themasculinismmovement
    @themasculinismmovement 9 місяців тому +1

    People do this way too much with me and it's so annoying

  • @morespywareforyou2262
    @morespywareforyou2262 2 роки тому

    If he's drinking whiskey, he's been to Ireland, not Scotland. They drink whisky there.

  • @nurannisanatsircaronge2360
    @nurannisanatsircaronge2360 3 роки тому

    I-im still confused

  • @danalex2991
    @danalex2991 4 роки тому

    What is the difference from straw man fallacy then ?

    • @GigaWh4tt
      @GigaWh4tt 4 роки тому +3

      "Straw Man Fallacy" is restructuring/rewording an opposing argument to simplify & be easily taken down. A "Red Herring" is adding irrelevant info to the argument to avoid the original subject. The confusion of the two, I think, comes from the fact that both have the same intention (i.e. to misdirect), but different approaches to misdirect. Plus "Red Herrings" try to get you to jump to conclusions by skipping a step in critical thinking. Hope this helped!!

    • @danalex2991
      @danalex2991 4 роки тому

      @@GigaWh4tt thank you

  • @mattbrunson8141
    @mattbrunson8141 2 роки тому +1

    Red herring: "Trump, why wont you disavow white supremacy?"
    Think about that for a minute...

    • @JamesPetts
      @JamesPetts 4 місяці тому +1

      You can't tell whether it's a red herring without first identifying what the original argument was about.

  • @sepehrsabahi9948
    @sepehrsabahi9948 Рік тому

    Actually we don't call it philosophy all fallacies categories in speech knowledge and real philosophy we call wisdom ,apparantly in west you call both plosephy

  • @LyndaE79
    @LyndaE79 8 місяців тому

    I'm continually confusing redherring for the straw man fallacy.

  • @brycekindall4564
    @brycekindall4564 7 років тому +3

    You should rename this channel to "reddit philosophy"

    • @impalabeeper
      @impalabeeper 7 років тому +2

      It is the same guy from the slipper slope fallacy video (a video in which reddit tore apart). The narrator just isn't that great of an explainer.

  • @mockupguy3577
    @mockupguy3577 4 роки тому +3

    Haha that’s a spot on Trump impersonation.

    • @rklewis2
      @rklewis2 4 роки тому +5

      To be honest, it describes all politicians, from all parties.

  • @mArqSV
    @mArqSV 10 днів тому

    would this be the same as gaslighting someone lol?

  • @cristiplopeanu
    @cristiplopeanu 4 роки тому

    I thought all politicians love pizza ...

    • @wydopnthrtl
      @wydopnthrtl 2 роки тому

      I see what you did there....

  • @thebuzzinc2757
    @thebuzzinc2757 4 роки тому +2

    Aka Ben Shapiro

    • @annaceyq
      @annaceyq 3 роки тому

      Haha I was just thinking the same

  • @bassaidai1927
    @bassaidai1927 9 місяців тому

    Jordan Peterson uses this A LOT.

  • @gezaburkit8914
    @gezaburkit8914 3 роки тому

    Pseudoscience does not equal Real Science. Next time the " SCHOOL BOARD " wants to replace Science with opinion, Help put an end to the folly of BALANCED SCIENCE.
    These 4 books are good to read: "the Demon Haunted World, Science as a Candle in the Dark," by Carl Sagan. Flim Flam by James Randi. Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. And also, Skeptoid.

  • @trex511ft
    @trex511ft Рік тому

    the red herring is usually easy to spot, you just used a crappy example therefore giving the impression that it is hard to spot.

  • @AbbyGordon98
    @AbbyGordon98 8 місяців тому

    Sounds like my ex

  • @marksmith1829
    @marksmith1829 3 роки тому

    Oh I’m not brave enough for politics

  • @youtubeuserdan4017
    @youtubeuserdan4017 4 роки тому

    Isn't this just basically the strawman fallacy?

    • @GigaWh4tt
      @GigaWh4tt 4 роки тому

      "Straw Man Fallacy" is restructuring/rewording an opposing argument to simplify & be easily taken down. A "Red Herring" is adding irrelevant info to the argument to avoid the original subject. The confusion of the two, I think, comes from the fact that both have the same intention (i.e. to misdirect), but different approaches to misdirect. Plus "Red Herrings" try to get you to jump to conclusions by skipping a step in critical thinking. Hope this helped!!

    • @youtubeuserdan4017
      @youtubeuserdan4017 4 роки тому

      @@GigaWh4tt Thanks man.

  • @johngibson4882
    @johngibson4882 5 років тому +3

    Donuld Trumps campaign, all in one video!

  • @jkn8705
    @jkn8705 5 років тому +1

    Donald Trump is a walking, talking, red herring. 😲😶😆