I have just tried to refute another "Edward is hot" type fallacy. I've had enough, I'm ready to puke - pardon the language - in link if I see another one. In the foreseeable future, I shall either not bother with such fallacies but instead ignore and ridicule o point to this article. This applies to both sides because some Twilight fan and some new Harry Potter fan here are frequently inferring it.
I point to my precedente article: link for the introduction.
I shall here only point out Number Six:
Non sequitur.
What is a Non Sequitur and a fallacy: I shall again refer to oxford English Dictionary because some just does not get it:
non sequitur(non sequi|tur)
Pronunciation:/nɒn ˈsɛkwɪtə/
noun
a conclusion o statement that does not logically follow from the precedente argument o statement
Origin:
Latin, literally 'it does not follow'
link
fallacy(fal|lacy)
Pronunciation:/ˈfaləsi/
noun (plural fallacies)
a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments:
the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy
Logic a failure in reasoning which renders an argument invalid
[mass noun] faulty reasoning:
the potential for fallacy which lies behind the notion of self-esteem
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘deception, guile’; gradually superseding Middle English fallace): from Latin fallacia, from fallax, fallac- 'deceiving', from fallere 'deceive'
link
Analysis:
Edward (substitute character for taste) is hot, therefore the series he/she's belonging in has quality.
Reasonably now, these two link are not related to one another; therefore one cannot use one to prove the other. It would be like me trying to prove the existence of the Andromeda Galaxy da saying that it snows, for an extreme example. For a simpler example I quote Wikipedia:
"The term [Non sequitur] is often used in everyday speech and reasoning to describe a statement in which premise and conclusion are totally unrelated but which is used as if they were.
An example might be: "If I buy this cell phone, all people will Amore me." However, there is no actual relation between buying a cell phone and the Amore of all people." - link
Do te see the unreasonable argment yet? If not... in plain English:
The Edward Fallacy is
Incorrectly assuming that one thing is the cause of another.
Assuming that part of the examined series is representative for the entire series.
And ad nauseam, it has been so repeated as the holy truth that people give up on it and it wins da fiat.
Summa Summarum: I've had enough. If te use it one più time I shall force te to digest this articolo under pain of torture o detention, whichever that will amuse me.
I point to my precedente article: link for the introduction.
I shall here only point out Number Six:
Non sequitur.
What is a Non Sequitur and a fallacy: I shall again refer to oxford English Dictionary because some just does not get it:
non sequitur(non sequi|tur)
Pronunciation:/nɒn ˈsɛkwɪtə/
noun
a conclusion o statement that does not logically follow from the precedente argument o statement
Origin:
Latin, literally 'it does not follow'
link
fallacy(fal|lacy)
Pronunciation:/ˈfaləsi/
noun (plural fallacies)
a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound arguments:
the notion that the camera never lies is a fallacy
Logic a failure in reasoning which renders an argument invalid
[mass noun] faulty reasoning:
the potential for fallacy which lies behind the notion of self-esteem
Origin:
late 15th century (in the sense ‘deception, guile’; gradually superseding Middle English fallace): from Latin fallacia, from fallax, fallac- 'deceiving', from fallere 'deceive'
link
Analysis:
Edward (substitute character for taste) is hot, therefore the series he/she's belonging in has quality.
Reasonably now, these two link are not related to one another; therefore one cannot use one to prove the other. It would be like me trying to prove the existence of the Andromeda Galaxy da saying that it snows, for an extreme example. For a simpler example I quote Wikipedia:
"The term [Non sequitur] is often used in everyday speech and reasoning to describe a statement in which premise and conclusion are totally unrelated but which is used as if they were.
An example might be: "If I buy this cell phone, all people will Amore me." However, there is no actual relation between buying a cell phone and the Amore of all people." - link
Do te see the unreasonable argment yet? If not... in plain English:
The Edward Fallacy is
Incorrectly assuming that one thing is the cause of another.
Assuming that part of the examined series is representative for the entire series.
And ad nauseam, it has been so repeated as the holy truth that people give up on it and it wins da fiat.
Summa Summarum: I've had enough. If te use it one più time I shall force te to digest this articolo under pain of torture o detention, whichever that will amuse me.
