Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The logical fallacy of appeal to ridicule presents the opponent's argument in a way that appears ridiculous and mocking it. Examples: If Einstein is right that would mean that when I drive my car it gets shorter and heavier. That's daft! You can't have a cat called Fido. Calling a cat Fido would just be silly! This should be contrasted with reductio ad absurdum which is a valid logical argument form. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.