Fallacy Detective 1

Poll

Are people basically good or evil?

• good

• evil

• neither

• both

Open Ended

Why did you answer the way you did?

Multiple Choice

What is a fallacy?

• An error in reasoning

• an error in belief

• A widely accepted truth
• A proven fact based on sound argument

Multiple Choice

Surfer: "Like, I'm never going back to school. These waves are like so much more cool. I can just like, spend my whole life here.

• doesn't want to exercise his mind

• has an inquiring mind

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

I can't put my toys away...I can't remember where they go.

• doesn't want to exercise his mind

• has an inquiring mind

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

Don't make me go into town to get groceries. There's been a blizzard and I don't want to shovel the driveway again.

• doesn't want to exercise his mind

• has an inquiring mind

• none of the above

​Avoiding a physical task is not the same as avoiding a mental task

Multiple Choice

I don't want to watch political debates. Who understands what they're talking about? Who would want to?

• doesn't want to exercise his mind

• has an inquiring mind

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

I don't like to mow the grass. It bothers my allergies.

• doesn't want to exercise his mind

• has an inquiring mind

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

I like to read news stories from different web sites so that I can get different points of view.

• doesn't want to exercise his mind

• has an inquiring mind

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

I dont like the library, I always get lost in a book and waste a lot of time. But let's go anyway.

• doesn't want to exercise his mind

• has an inquiring mind

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

If I do't finish this book tonight I'll get a library fine.

• doesn't want to exercise his mind

• has an inquiring mind

• none of the above