This cartoon depicts the "Red Herring" fallacy.
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Deliberately diverting attention to an irrelevant point to distract from a more important point. | “CO2 is a trace gas so its warming effect is minimal.” |
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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