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'''Common fallacies''' are arguments that persuade and fool people who:

*have difficulties with abstract thinking
*are young students, or are adults unwilling to reconsider opinions they formed as students
*exercise their free will to embrace fallacies without concern for whether they are flawed

Examples of common fallacies are:

*a theory should be accepted until a better alternative is found
*rates of recession or decay observed today are somehow constant for extrapolation backwards in time
*higher taxes must produce more revenue for the government
*fewer guns must reduce the rate of crime
*choice is somehow meaningful regardless of whether it is informed

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