The “Appeal to Nature” fallacy is a pretty widespread and insidious bit of flawed logic. This week, I show you how it works & how to spot it.
A summary of the fallacy - http://www.fallacyfiles.org/adnature.html
A hilarious example of the Appeal to Nature entitled “Why Natural Childbirth?” - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1595040/
“All-Natural” Tobacco - http://yourtobaccosource.com/tampa_cigarette_tobacco.html
A good summary of instinct theory’s current definition in psychology, and why it’s not really applicable to the majority of human behavior - http://explorable.com/instinct-theory-of-motivation