Asked by Mathew Jameson

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Oceans and ponds are both bodies of water. Since an ocean has a strong effect on nearby weather, a pond must have a strong effect as well.
What kind of fallacy is this?

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Responses

ad hominem
ad hominem

false analogy
false analogy

slippery slope
slippery slope

straw man
straw man
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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
False analogy — it assumes that because oceans and ponds share a general feature (both are bodies of water) they must be similar in the relevant respect (effect on weather), which is not valid.