Maybe Professor Burnes has argued that IQ is not that important in determining whether a
person succeeds in his or her vocation, but this is clearly nonsense. I suspect that Professor
Burnes doesn’t have an IQ that’s exactly off the charts.
a. begging the question e. strawman
b. appeal to ignorance f. red herring
c. appeal to illegitimate authority g. no fallacy committed
d. ad hominem
D
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