Conspiracy Myths (10) - Logical Errors (and no Happy End)

 

Logical Errors (and no Happy End)

Statement: Luna has four legs and a fur. All animals with four legs and a fur are cats. Therefore, Luna is a cat. Response: What you just said is not true. Not all animals with four legs and a fur are cats. Therefore, Luna is not a cat. (Argumentum ad logicam).


If I live in Seattle, I live in the United States of America. Currently, I am in the United States of America. Therefore, I live is Seattle.

A burglar broke in last night in the house next to us. Jim never had money, but now he drives a new car. So, he must be the burglar.

The menu is served either with bread or with rice. Alice does not like bread. Therefore, Alice ordered rice. (No, because Alice ordered neither of them).

Our universe cannot come from nothing, therefor it must have been created by God. Logical induction: also God cannot come from nothing therefor must have been created by another God, and so on. (Special Pleading)

Scottish people do not behave badly. The next day, the newspaper reports: a Scottish person murdered someone downtown. Therefore, the criminal is no real Scott. (No-Scot of False Scot argument).

The African school systems is not as good as the European one. Therefore, Kamali cannot have a good school education.

I fell off a ladder. Then I saw a black cat walking by. This was the cause for my mishappening. (two events that happened around the same time are being linked together; for the Latin aficionados:  cum hoc ergo propter hoc).

If a region has a lot of storks, families have more children than in regions with less storks. (sure, rural regions have more storks, and more farmers, who tend to have more kids; wrong correlation).

All birds can fly. (In Philosophy called Accident = focusing on attributes that are not essential. Example: Penguins are seabirds that cannot fly).

 

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