The following statement is an example of what type of fallacy The appeal to novelty fallacy can lead consumers to make impulsive purchasing decisions based on the latest trends or innovations, resulting in financial losses and waste. Did you hear about the new vacuum cleaner on the market
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We should get it, because it has to be better than the older ones.
For example, a person using the appeal to novelty might claim that a certain new exercise plan that a celebrity just came up with is better than traditional alternatives, simply because it’s newer.
An appeal to novelty is a fallacy that relies on the idea that something must be superior because it is new or modern While something's novelty doesn't have anything to do with whether or not it is a superior product or a good idea, we often do think that newer is better. The appeal to novelty is based on the reasoning that in general people will tend to try to improve the outputs resulting from their efforts Thus, for example, a company producing a product might be assumed to know about existing flaws and to be seeking to correct them in a future revision.
The second option mentions the mayor's approval rating as evidence of the goodness of his policies, which is an example of an appeal to popularity rather than novelty The third option asserts that the new system of processing permits must be better than the old one simply because it is new. The fallacy of appeal to novelty (or argumentum ad noivtatem) occurs when an arguer concludes that an opinion or idea is good or correct because of its being new or modern This overlooks that not all new things are good, so that newness by itself is no guarantee or correctness or merit.
This fallacy ignores other factors such as evidence, relevance, or intrinsic value
An example could be a marketing slogan that states, our new smartphone is the best because it's the latest model.
