Interesting you should mention Fallacies. I was thinking the other day when I was hiking that there are, and always have been a lot of fallacies in backpacking. For example I found a list of myths concerning hypothermia on line;
https://www.almanac.com/content/10-myths-about-cold

Also of interest was your comments about the bandwagon argument. The bandwagon argument, the appeal to vanity, and the appeal to snobbery are all standard practices in the advertising industry.
I am an artist, and 99% of the how-to books and videos tell you the "right" way to paint and the "right" brushes, paints and paper to use.
But being original and expressing your own feelings about the subject you are painting requires something from inside you, not what appeals to someone else. I'll get off my soapbox now. Sorry for the rant.
By the way.... the logo you see next to my name is a painting I did of Mt. Baker, WA.