pet example
One singular instance of something that people use in an attempt at an open-and-shut case (similar to anecdotal fallacy).
A: Jeanne Calment, the oldest person to ever live, smoked cigarettes regularly; therefore, smoking isn't bad for you.
B: Well shit, your pet example totally debunks the fact that 480,000 people die from smoking every year in the U.S. alone.
B: Well shit, your pet example totally debunks the fact that 480,000 people die from smoking every year in the U.S. alone.