1-2-3 The Fun in Learning Logic
This week I as accused of stealing three times. Twice by a prick co-worker who does not like me, and today at 7-Eleven. I am the victim of what appears to be a common mistake many people make. Thus I am going to inform my readers about the "black and white fallacy" so they too will not commit the same crime others have.
Simply put, the black and white fallacy occurs if a situation is presented as having only two alternatives, while multiple alternatives likely exist. (If A & B, and A is false, then B must be true).
An example can be seen what happened to me. My coworker's radio was missing. He panicked, yelled how either Matt(A) or myself(B) took his radio. He concluded Matt(A) was too honest, thus it must have been me (A). The true answer was my coworker Walt(C).
When one commits this fallacy, they look like a fuck-head (fallacy intended).
Source: http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html
Simply put, the black and white fallacy occurs if a situation is presented as having only two alternatives, while multiple alternatives likely exist. (If A & B, and A is false, then B must be true).
An example can be seen what happened to me. My coworker's radio was missing. He panicked, yelled how either Matt(A) or myself(B) took his radio. He concluded Matt(A) was too honest, thus it must have been me (A). The true answer was my coworker Walt(C).
When one commits this fallacy, they look like a fuck-head (fallacy intended).
Source: http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html