#martymer 81

[scienceofreasoning]

Logic Fallacy Detection in the Biden-Trump Presidential Debate

Photograph of former President Trump and President Biden from the debate. Source: Internet.

In this article, we are exploring whether, during the debate, President Biden made an argument with a logic fallacy.

President Biden said, “Look it up. Go online. 159-58, don’t hold me to the exact number, presidential historians. They’ve had meetings, and they voted who was the worst president in American history, From best to worst. They said he [Donald Trump] was the worst in all of American history. That’s a fact.”[1]

Let's go online and fact-check the source that President Biden cited. According to the "Presidential Greatness Project Rankings 2024," Trump was the last name on the chart.[2}

Please see the first part of a video on the logic fallacy of Appeal to Authority.[3] This is the mom says fallacy.

Logic Analysis P1: Presidential Greatness Project Rankings 2024, Trump was the last name on the chart. P2: The Presidential Greatness Project, which is made up of presidential historians, is an authority on the relevant subject. (we will concede, yes)  P3: Everything an authority says is true. C: Therefore, Trump was the last name on the chart.

In the “Presidential Historians Survey 2021,” Donald J. Trump was ranked 41 of 44 Presidents by presidential historians. President James Buchanan was the last name on the list.[4]

The Answer to the Article Question The statement, "They said (mom says) he [Donald Trump] was the worst in all of American history. That’s a fact." Premise 3 of the argument is fallacious. Other presidential historians (an authority) ranked President James Buchanan last on the list.

A better debate statement to look it up, go online. Those 159-58 presidential historians ranked him last for being the worst. America, that is the results of the Project. Citing the results of the Project is not fallacious. The Project did rank Trump last.

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Endnotes

"WATCH: Biden says that Trump is the worst president in American history" [sic] PBS NewsHour. Time index 0:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysa-MGQJ9UA

"Presidential Greatness Project" https://presidentialgreatnessproject.com/

"Appeal to Authority (Fallacy of the Week)" Martymer 81 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5eIFd8052E&t=125s

"Presidential Rankings Survey - Historians Rank the Top 10 Presidents | C-SPAN Survey on Presidents" https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2021/?page=overall

Copyright (c) 2024 Phil Richard. All rights reserved.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Martymer 81 responds to a creation.com article titled “Atheism” (YouTube playlist, 9 videos).

Excellent rebuttal of religionist claims about atheism, atheists and the purported existence of their gods.

[jagkingofftojalex]

Martymer 81 vs Spirit Science: Skeptic Fail

from BQWLR-TPFS-6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_WFf2wvSjs via exercise plan for weight loss

[aprocyonwrites]

5 good things #30

1. I just smiled for like the first time in a couple days.

2. Martymer 81 is a cool youtuber.

3. Steven Universe is coming back!

4. Lunacy is the best word ever.

5. It’s time to take another look at my icon because it’s adorable. C;

[charlesoberonn]

[immoren]

Disproving Gravity… with Stupid

[marvinthethird]

I'm not powered by thought, I'm powered by food, you dumbass.

Martymer 81

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

“Why Do People Laugh at Spirit 'Science'?“ (playlist) by Martymer 81

To quote someone I was chatting with: “adding the word 'science' after the word Unicorn doesn't make it real.” No, it doesn’t. Otherwise “Christian Science” would also be real.

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Martymer 81: Why Do People Laugh at Spirit ‘Science’?

Professor Dave Explains: Quantum Mysticism is Stupid