글의 요지로 가장 적절한 것은? The adhominem fallacy is one of the most common mistakes in reasoning. The fallacy rests on a confusion between the qualities of the person making a claim and the qualities of the claim itself. Let's say my friend, Parker, is an ingenious fellow. It follows that Parker's opinion on some subject, whatever it is, is the opinion of an ingenious person. But it does not follow that Parker's opinion itself is ingenious. To think that it is would be to confuse the content of Parker's claim with Parker himself. Or let's suppose you are listening to your teacher whom you regard as a bit strange or maybe even weird. Would it follow that the car your teacher drives is strange or weird? Obviously not. Similarly, it would not follow that some specific proposal that the teacher has put forth is strange or weird. A proposal made by an oddball is an oddball's proposal, but it does not follow that it is an oddball proposal.