EXERCISE 3: Ad Verecundiam Fallacies - Personal

Identify the fallacy that occurs in each passage.

These will be fallacies from the Ad Verecundiam - Personal family: Invincible Authority, Unidentified Experts, Celebrity Endorsement, and Appeal to Confidence.

1. The Surgeon General says smoking is bad for you. Therefore you should quit.

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2. Slick Razors are the best. I use them myself.

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3. Nine out of ten doctors recommend Bayer Asprin for their patients who use asprin.

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4. Merrill-Lynch - that's the stock company that Martha Stewart listens to.

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5. I'm supposed to be neutral, but just between you and me, the more expensive television is the better buy.

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