Fallacy of Division:
I once played for a really lousy band called “No Composure.” The fallacy of division would argue that because the band as a whole sucked, I sucked as a guitarist. The truth is that—although they were great guys—I was the only skilled musician in that band, and I actually instructed some of the members during the time I played with them. Another example of this would be to argue that because Metallica has a great catalogue of albums, so “St. Anger” must be a great album. The reality is that “St. Anger” totally sucked! It sounded like they were trying to recapture their youth by digging up songs they threw away 20 years ago (and rightfully so) and then recording them on a handheld tape recorder in Bob Rock’s mom’s un-insulated basement while James Hetfield was singing into his cell phone from rehab. I rest my case.
The band sucks + Scott is their guitarist = Scott sucks on guitar
All Metallica’s other albums are great + they recorded St. Anger = St. Anger is great
A closely related fallacy is Hasty generalization. This fallacy states something like “just because “St. Anger” sucked; Metallica sucks.” Basing your opinion on someone’s lifetime of work on a five-second clip of a cell phone ringtone is the kind of shit that douchebags do all the time, but that does not make it any more right!
I don’t want to get too far into this. The bottom line is that most people are full of shit or fooled into believing ridiculous things due to POOR THINKING SKILLS. If you want to know more about logic, get to a library. I know a lot of douchebags will actually take this information and use it to hone their bullshitting to a fine edge, but that is to be expected—especially of Americans. I do not claim to be an authority on logic or that this short chapter will help you answer any trivia questions correctly. I really just wanted to share some basic principles of logic with you in the hope that this book would expose morons’ and douchebags’ pathetic, fallacious arguments for what they really are and to let you know that either:
1. You have not been wrong on many occasions when blood vessels would burst in your eyes over the stupid sorts of arguments people offer up as logical.
OR
2. You are a douchebag that uses fallacies to give credence to your brainless bullshit.
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The Douchebag Fallacies (Excerpt)
Fallacy of Division: I once played for a really lousy band called “No Composure.” The fallacy of division would argue that because the band as a whole sucked, I sucked as a guitarist. The truth is that—although they were great guys—I was the only skilled musician in that band, and I actually instructed some of the members during the time I played with them. Another example of this would be to argue that because Metallica has a great catalogue of albums, so “St. Anger” must be a great album. The reality is that “St. Anger” totally sucked! It sounded like they were trying to recapture their youth by digging up songs they threw away 20 years ago (and rightfully so) and then recording them on a handheld tape recorder in Bob Rock’s mom’s un-insulated basement while James Hetfield was singing into his cell phone from rehab. I rest my case. The band sucks + Scott is their guitarist = Scott sucks on guitar All Metallica’s other albums are great + they recorded St. Anger = St. Anger is great A closely related fallacy is Hasty generalization. This fallacy states something like “just because “St. Anger” sucked; Metallica sucks.” Basing your opinion on someone’s lifetime of work on a five-second clip of a cell phone ringtone is the kind of shit that douchebags do all the time, but that does not make it any more right! I don’t want to get too far into this. The bottom line is that most people are full of shit or fooled into believing ridiculous things due to POOR THINKING SKILLS. If you want to know more about logic, get to a library. I know a lot of douchebags will actually take this information and use it to hone their bullshitting to a fine edge, but that is to be expected—especially of Americans. I do not claim to be an authority on logic or that this short chapter will help you answer any trivia questions correctly. I really just wanted to share some basic principles of logic with you in the hope that this book would expose morons’ and douchebags’ pathetic, fallacious arguments for what they really are and to let you know that either: 1. You have not been wrong on many occasions when blood vessels would burst in your eyes over the stupid sorts of arguments people offer up as logical. OR 2. You are a douchebag that uses fallacies to give credence to your brainless bullshit.
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