Fallacy

A fallacy is an incorrect way of thinking. It's like when you try to convince someone of something, but you use wrong or bad arguments. For example, if you said, "You should believe in Santa Claus because he's been in movies!" your argument is a fallacy because movies don't prove that Santa Claus is real.

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