Read the excerpt from a speech about space exploration. Answer the question that follows.

It's clear that we should continue to invest heavily in space exploration. Just look around you! Everyone is talking about it, and countries worldwide are ramping up their space programs. If so many people are on board with space exploration, it must be the right path to take, and we should unquestionably follow the crowd.

Which logical fallacy is present in this passage?

Ad populum
Circular reasoning
Slippery slope
Strawman

1 answer

Ad populum