Online gambling is rapidly expanding. Young men and senior citizens may be vulnerable to developing a gambling addiction with 24/7/365 betting opportunities on the phone.

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The Consolations of Philosophy Alain de Botton Hamish Hamilton, £14.99, 265pp Buy it at BOL Once, in Portugal, Alain de Botton found that he could not make love with his girlfriend. It could have been ...

In an era of “post-truth” and “truthiness,” it can be hard to defend the common-sense belief that reality exists independently of how people think about it. Skepticism about reality comes in many ...

Also known as the “is-ought” fallacy, this refers to a logical fallacy wherein people falsely derive moral values regarding what is right or wrong based on certain objective natural facts. A person ...

As the holidays approach you will probably get into political and cultural debates with family and friends. We at Snopes have put together a guide on the nature of fallacies, particularly false ...

It would save teachers a lot of time and classroom quarreling if students were given a basic introduction to logical fallacies. That way, when the students fell to using one of the fallacies ...

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