Logical Fallacies

There were and are many times I would use fallacies when I am arguing, especially with my girlfriend. We seem to argue because of these "logical fallacies". I can talk about something with her, and then I stop because I can see the confused look on her face. I then say, "babe, you won't understand what I am saying if I tell you, so just leave it alone." And without any hesitation at all, she will blurt, "so you trying to say I am stupid and that I don't comprehend very well?" In no way shape or form did I intend to call her stupid, but the way she interpreted it was as if I was trying to call her that. The logical fallacy in this predicament is the misinterpretation one. It always get in the way of our relationship, but sometimes it gets funny and we just work it out.

Fallacies I know that have worked on t.v. are the many things I see on commercials and stuff. Some commercials that say things on the lines of, "if you use this product, you will lose weight fast!" Fast acting diet pills that you will take and allows you to eat anything you want, and lose the pounds you want! The thing about this is, is that in fact you will not lose the pounds you want in certain areas that you want to target. The commercials work because people do allow themselves to get lured by the persuasion of the product and totally look over the fact that "this product is not made for everyone." Or, it is "for certain body types only." It always seem to work and then when they announce that "if you call between the next so and so minutes that we will add in an extra bottle of the product" or "if you do not like this product, we will give you your money back guaranteed!" With listening to all of that, one wouldn't think that they would be losing, but they are. Commercials like that are very ineffective to me.

In some ways, logical fallcies work, and many ways they don't. The big giveaways to some is they contradict itself. Everyday there are logical fallacies being used in everybody, every commercial, every political campaign, every argument. Honestly, what would the world be like without any?