Fallacy Icon - False choice

Name Description Example
False choice Presenting two options as the only possibilities, when other possibilities exist. “CO2 lags temperature in the ice core record, proving that temperature drives CO2, not the other way around.”

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Related graphics

Cranky Cartoon - Chicken and Egg (EN)

Cranky Cartoon - Lag (EN)

Myth Deconstruction - Lag (EN)

Other languages

German definition (Falsche Wahl)

Myth Deconstruction - Lag (DE)

Cranky Cartoon (DE) - Henne und Ei

Cranky Cartoon (DE) - CO2 folgt Temperatur

Dutch definition (Vals Dilemma)

Cranky Cartoon (NL) - Kip en Ei

Cranky Cartoon (NL) - CO2 volgt Tempertuur





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