Cranky Cartoon (EN) - Sinking Ship

This cartoon depicts the "Cherry picking" fallacy.

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Carefully selecting data that appear to confirm one position while ignoring other data that contradicts that position. “Global warming stopped in 1998.”

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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