I thought I knew what "science" was about: the crafting of hypotheses that could be tested and refined through observation via studies that were challenged and replicated by the broader community ...

Speak like an insider! Welcome to Snopes-tionary, where we'll define a term or piece of fact-checking lingo that we use on the Snopes team. Have a term you want us to explain? Let us know. Also known ...

Yesterday, The Huffington Post yanked conservative firebrand Andrew Breitbart from the front page of its publication, citing his "false ad hominem" attacks made in a Daily Caller interview as the ...

If you’ve been in on any online debates, you’ve probably heard of the ad hominem argument, an “argument against the person” in other words, attacks on someone’s character. Here’s one formal definition ...

An ad hominem attack against an intellectual, not against an idea, is highly flattering. It indicates that the person does not have anything intelligent to say about your message. -Nassim Taleb ...

Eugene Volokh | 6.16.2022 8:01 AM This heuristic seems similar to the ad hominem fallacy, in which a speaker asks listeners to reject certain arguments because the arguments are promoted by a group ...

THE Israeli government recently raised an interesting question for advertisers: whom can you safely insult? “American Jews” is the wrong answer. An ad campaign urging Jews to return to Israel showed a ...

To use the language of civil trials, House Democrats have brought a complaint to the Senate that President Donald Trump deserves removal from office and Trump's lawyers have countered that the ...

The holiday season is upon us so you know what that means. It’s time to complain about Apple’s holiday ad. Oh, you thought it was about loving your fellow voyagers on this small blue marble or ...