But submission to legitimate authority should not in itself lend the sole basis for making decisions about science and technology in society. Even legitimate scientists and technologists hold disputed or pseudo-scientific beliefs. I don't understand how Clinton can deny the suffering of Midwest farmers after last summer's flooding. The Straw Man fallacy occurs when someone's argument is purposely misrepresented so that a person arguing against it can attack the false argument without tackling the real issue. Politicians often engage this tactic.
Many juvenile delinquents listen to heavy metal music.
Juvenile delinquents who prefer heavy metal music engage in promiscuous sexual behavior, commit vandalism or physical assault and dabble in pseudo-Satanic ritualism. Listening to heavy metal music, then, causes deviant behavior and Satanism. Research has determined that people in bars drink faster in response to slow country music than people in bars who listen to faster tempo music. Therefore, slow country music causes alcohol abuse. The argumentative is often one of committing the wrong inference.