Chapter 14 Summary
In Chapter 14 we was introduced to the seven deadly sins. They are: False Comparison, Bad Example, Ignorance as Proof, False choice, Red Herring and Wrong Ending. Okay so obviously that's a lot to remember, and I haven't even explained them to yet. But I don't have to. The easiest way to remember those 7 sins is to just remember these 3 phrases; Bad proof, Bad Conclusion and Disconnect between proof and conclusion. Okay so first lets go over bad proof. Bad proof covers 3 of the seven which are false comparison(putting examples into the wrong categories), bad example and ignorance as proof(exaggerating that lack of examples can prove something true/false). Then we have bad conclusion. Bad conclusion consist of one of the 7 sins,false choice(offering two choices when there are more to be chosen). And finally you have Disconnect between proof and conclusion. This consist of Red herring( a sneaky distraction to when an argument) wrong ending( when proof fails to reach the conclusion) and tautology(when proof and conclusion is identical). That's it for this chapter.
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