Fallacy icon - Fake experts

Name Description Example
Fake experts Presenting an unqualified person or institution as a source of credible information. “A retired physicist argues against the climate consensus, claiming the current weather change is just a natural occurrence.”

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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