Wishful Thinking--BS!!!

Why might people *desire* to believe in the super-natural to such an extent that the mere belief over-rides rational scrutiny?

The Amazing Randy has had a several decade challenge to anyone who can conclusively demonstrate para-normal (i.e., non-scientific) phenomena to the tune of 1 million dollars.

Begin at 5:46.

Wishful Thinking--OMG!

It is a shame that certain evil people will use their knowledge of human psychological weakness to prey on their fellow man.

Similar examples to this can be found by exploiting people who are trying to connect with some dead friend, relative, etc. The technique they use is "cold reading."

Stereotype--"Hip Hop Culture"

This one speaks for itself!

I think this is a fairly good example of how "leaping to conclusions" or more technically 'Hasty Generalizations' can underlie Stereotypes.

Can you spot any rhetorical devices used by the host of the program?

[Submitted by previous student Jonathan Lopez.]