Introduction

To achieve the objectives set for this module, we begin by introducing some basic definitions, which are key to understanding the module’s content and making it more user-friendly. We then discuss an example drawn from social media, highlighting one of the many cases where misinformation is propagated through fallacies. This example serves as a starting point to introduce various types of fallacious reasoning. Finally, the focus will shift to an in-depth analysis of FLICC (the five techniques of science denial by John Cook[1]):

1. Fake experts
2. Logical fallacies
3. Impossible expectations
4. Cherry Picking
5. Conspiration theory

[1] https://skepticalscience.com/history-flicc-5-techniques-science-denial.html