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Six example sentences with fallacious, each labelled with its topic.
The argument is fallacious because it treats two events that merely occurred together as though one produced the other.
Philosophy
The survey's conclusion was fallacious, since it counted only shoppers who had already chosen to enter the store.
Economics
The forum's fallacious advice about the boss cost players hours, since the pattern it described never actually occurs.
Gaming
The fallacious belief that a stock which has fallen must soon bounce back has emptied many retirement accounts.
Finance
The claim that people use only ten percent of their brains is fallacious, yet it still appears in textbooks.
Psychology
Fans cling to the fallacious idea that a player who missed five shots is due to make the sixth.
Basketball
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