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Which Fallacy?Hi Bo, You're great. Which fallacies occurred below? In a TV Programme one Argued: "The age of the trees in the university where I teach is older than the age of the USA. That is why Iranians laugh at all the efforts of the USA to sanction or subvert Iran." (Notes: The age of those trees = 64 Years!!!) |
| asked on Tuesday, Jun 27, 2023 02:37:21 PM by Zedy | |
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The age of the trees themselves would just be incorrect information. Another poster had mentioned that it would be a non sequitur , but that is in fact a fallacy. The age of a country compared to a particular set of trees doesn't really have any bearing on the effectiveness of its foreign policy. It is possible that this person was speaking figuratively - not literally saying that the age of the trees matter, but that Iran being a much older country gives some increased veracity to their claims. I might call that an argument from age . |
| answered on Tuesday, Jun 27, 2023 03:59:29 PM by FormerRedditor | |
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In addition to the other comments, almost all murderers use toothpaste. |
| answered on Wednesday, Jun 28, 2023 11:39:55 AM by Dr. Richard | |
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Bo is great is not a fallacy. However, the example you gave is at best a Non-sequitur, and the least is that it is just a weak analogy. |
| answered on Tuesday, Jun 27, 2023 02:42:07 PM by Mchasewalker | |
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