Should students receive education on logical fallacies?

I fully agree that logical fallacies should be taught, and science class seems to be the most logical (hehe) place for it. As a practical suggestion, using scientific examples of those logical fallacies would probably work really well.I make the argument that it is impossible that a single bacterium can divide into millions of bacteria in a single day (argument from incredulity). It just doesn't make sense. Can't happen. The students run experiments using different techniques and find, contrary to my protestations, that a single bacterium can produce a million clones of itself in a single 24 hour period. Fallacy exposed.I make the argument that if light acts as a particle that it can not act like a wave (false dichotomy). The kids run the Young's Double Slit experiment and review the photoelectric effect. Sure enough, light can act as both, a third option that was not inlcuded in the original argument.I don't see how other classes can lend themselves so easily to demonstrating why these are logical fallacies. A philosophy course would definitely work, but very rarely do high schools have such classes.

I want to agree, but I just don't know if it will work. Are kids really ready for this stuff in the 5th grade? Some may be able to, but I doubt the majority of students will be able to slog their way through it. OTOH, I may be a die hard pessimist.All I can see are eyes glazing over as the teacher presents Platonic Forms. Perhaps it is all dependent on how the material is presented. If you make it "sexy" perhaps the kids will pay attention and dig into it.