What is the fallacy of using two seemingly uncontradictary ideas to make a conclusion
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Original Question
This does not refer to me or anyone I know per say, but as an argument take for an example of a sibling who has an inferiority complex to another sibling.
Sibling A boasts about being related to sibling B because of the latter accomplishments.
At the same time sibling A tries to look better than sibling B, insisting they are better.
Basically anything for sibling B to look inferior. What is the fallacy for that?
Answers
1I don't see any fallacy here. Sibling B can have accomplished great things for which sibling A is proud, AND sibling A could still be "better" than sibling B. This sounds like immature quibbling among sibs. Any person who claims they are a generic "better" than another person either has some psychological issues or they are under the age of 13.
Assuming the "better" refers to a specific, measurable skill or achievement (e.g., better at golf as determined by consistent lower average scores), then there is still no fallacy. Tiger Woods' father was great at golf and Tiger boasts about his dad many times, but Tiger is better. If Tiger were trying to make his dad look bad and boasts about being so much better, he would just be an asshole.
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