system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why are logical fallacies so convincing?

It seems that the entirety of most debates and politics (including on this site) consist of logical fallacies. The most common examples are Ad Hominem attacks.

Why are these so convincing? I am completely ignorant of psychology or sociology, but am very schooled in logic and math. However, even I am surprised by how easily I am swayed by these fallacies.
gpt
Because human brains aren't built to be rational. It's possible that people can instinctively *recognize* when rational principles are true, but actually applying them is very much something you have to learn.