"Fallacious reasoning" refers to thinking or arguments that are based on incorrect or misleading information. It involves using flawed logic or making false assumptions, leading to incorrect or deceptive conclusions. Full definition
Peter Hartcher is an insightful commentator on political issues, but we are all prone to fallacious reasoning about probability, and this article about Australian views of the US election illustrates quite a few of them. (johnquiggin.com)
Such fallacious reasoning comes up so often in my encounters with believers that I conclude it must be a product of a brain unsatisfied with doubt; as nature abhors a vacuum, so, too, does the brain abhor no explanation. (scientificamerican.com)
I'm paid handsomely by the «consensus police» to distract you and your fellow «skeptics» from your important work of posting the same comments based on the same fallacious reasoning in thread after thread, day after day. (judithcurry.com)