Fallacy icon - Apples vs. Oranges

Name Description Example
Apples vs. oranges (aka false equivalence) Incorrectly claiming that two things are equivalent, despite the fact that there are notable differences between them. “Why all the fuss about COVID when thousands die from the flu every year.”

Learn more about the fallacies in this graphics category in the blog post A history of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial

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