Love is a Fallacy – A Recap
A university student of law studies wanted to find a smart, graceful and beautiful girl as his partner. He traded his roommate with a raccoon coat in exchange of dating his roommate’s girlfriend. The student found that the girl was graceful and beautiful, but she was not smart enough, so he decided to train her with logical thinking before beginning formal dating.
In the first five days, the student taught her with some common fallacies of logic.
- Dicto Simpliciter: “Doing sports is good so everyone should do sports”. This proposition was not conclusive when the subjects are people with heart conditions.
- Hasty Generalisation: “You cannot speak French; neither is your friend; therefore there is no one in the university who can”. It had too little evidence to support the statement.
- Post Hoc: “Do not bring him to picnic, because if you do it will rain”. The cause of action was not correct.
- Contradictory Premises: “The omnipotent God can create a rock tha
