red herring
A "red herring" is a piece of misleading or irrelevant information that is intentionally introduced to divert attention or distract from the real issue or argument at hand.
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- argumentation strategies
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- argumentative tactics
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- critical thinking
- debating tactics
- decision-making biases
- distraction techniques
- error in reasoning
- fallacious arguments
- fallacious reasoning
- false conclusions
- informal fallacies
- logical fallacies
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- misdirection
- persuasive techniques
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