There are many different types of logical fallacies, but they all share one common effect: to mislead people into thinking that the conclusion is valid. Dr. Warren Willey is a Pocatello physician.

Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom investigates.

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I don’t mean to pick on Dargan Pete again, but his Jan. 15 column is a classic example of the “straw man” logical fallacy. For those readers who didn’t have a secondary school English ...