Logical Fallacy of Magic Words

The logical fallacy of magic words occurs when certain words are used as proof rather than providing actual proof. Magic words tend to give automatic credibility. Magic words include the following: Biblical, science, research, experimentation, scientific fact, logic, reason, and scientist.

Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Magic Words

Bill Nye arguing against Creation science: "There are Christians who don’t accept that the Earth could somehow be this extraordinarily young age, because of all the evidence around them."

Bill is using the magic word, evidence. He doesn't have to produce any evidence. He just needs to say the word. There is no evidence in any real sense of the word.

The word, "science," is used to sell products, sell political ideas such as global warming, and to sell religious ideas such as big bang, molecules-to-man, or no-floodism.