8. Hasty Generalisations: where a claim about a few things supports a conclusion about many things or everything.
9. Sweeping Generalisations: using claims about many things to support a conclusion about one thing.
10. The Straw person: the counter argument is misrepresented or distorted so its easier to dismiss.
11. Ad Hominem: attacking the person arguing rather than the argument itself.
12. Restricting the options: where conclusions are the best option because we are only shown a few choices.
13. Post Hoc: A caused B because A happened first.
14: Simplifying casual relations: saying one thing is entirely responsible for something when there are other factors.
15. Confusing Cause and effect: getting the two the wrong way around.
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