Which fallacy is illustrated by the statement 'You have no idea how to run a business since you're just eighteen years old'?

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Which fallacy is illustrated by the statement 'You have no idea how to run a business since you're just eighteen years old'?

This statement uses an ad hominem. It attacks the person’s age instead of addressing whether they actually know how to run a business. Age is irrelevant to a claim about knowledge or competence, so dismissing someone because they’re eighteen sidesteps the real argument and tries to undermine credibility rather than engage with evidence or reasoning. Bandwagon would appeal to what many people think, begging the question would assume the conclusion in the premise, and a slippery slope would argue that one step leads to a chain of extreme outcomes—none of these fit the move being made here.

This statement uses an ad hominem. It attacks the person’s age instead of addressing whether they actually know how to run a business. Age is irrelevant to a claim about knowledge or competence, so dismissing someone because they’re eighteen sidesteps the real argument and tries to undermine credibility rather than engage with evidence or reasoning.

Bandwagon would appeal to what many people think, begging the question would assume the conclusion in the premise, and a slippery slope would argue that one step leads to a chain of extreme outcomes—none of these fit the move being made here.

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