The following is an encore presentation of everything everywhere daily.

We are often told that schools are where you learn how to think, not what to think.

Sadly, almost no school curriculum deals directly with

logic in the closely related subject of logical fallacies.

Valacies are all around us. Just read something online or watch a few minutes of television and you'll probably encounter people using fallacious reasoning and logical fallacies.

In fact, you've probably engaged in it yourself. We're all guilty of it.

Learn more about some of the common logical fallacies on this episode of Everything Everywhere

Daily. The dictionary defines a fallacy as a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.

There are actually dozens of acknowledged fallacies, and you know what they are you can see them everywhere.

Here is a list of well-known fallacies and some examples of what to watch out for.

FYI, many of these go by their Latin names.

Ad hominem is Latin for To The Man. In a nutshell, it's saying something about the person making the argument, not the argument itself.

This happens all the time and is probably the most common

fallacy that people slip into. This could be as simple as name calling or pointing out facts about

the person making the argument, not the argument itself.

For example, if someone were to call someone dumb, crazy, stupid, a liar, or a traitor,

or any number of insults, they would be engaging in ad hominem attacks.

There are several variants of this, including our next fallacy.

Tukuokui.

From the Latin for U2, Tukuouois is also known as an appeal to hypocrisy.

For example, someone could say that you shouldn't eat junk food.

In response to that, you could say that the person making the claim is overweight and therefore

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