Fallacy Of Analogy & Quotes

Fallacy Of Analogy & Quotes By Dr. Sohail Ansari

Conceived and worded by DR Sohail Ansari (originality of concepts and originality of words).

He believes that there can never be a zero scope for improvement and appreciates criticism if it is not for the sake of criticism. 

Fallacy of analogy

Fallacious analogies

·        Abortion violates as much sanctity of life as traffic fatalities.

·        People condemn doctors for conducting abortion and sing eulogies to war heroes.

·        No one cares for legitimacy of mangoes, but everyone is concerned for children born out of wedlock.

·        Parents lacerate teachers for corporal punishment, but never surgeons for inflicting lacerations.

·        No one criticizes a person for doing his job: surgeons are appreciated so are butchers, but never smugglers nor burglars.

·        Lynching must be taken as casually as devouring (of a man) by a pack of wolf.

·        Job of critic is to criticize and a job of a butcher is to slaughter, but there is always a ready-made string of derogatory superlatives to attach to critics such as perfectly myopic or superbly biased.     

Quotable Quotes from ‘J’ and ‘K’

Joke

·        The moment you explain joke it loses its punch.

·        Joke produces laughter by making mind jump from the point listener has in mind. 

Journalist

·        Innocent journalist finds truth about lies; stupid journalist finds truth about truth; intelligent journalist creates lie about truth; and genius journalist concocts ‘The lie’ and then builds up on it, thus creating lies about lie.

Judgment

·        Wrong judgment can be due to judging things wrongly. Fish is not stupid if it can not climb a tree.  

Knowledge

·        Knowledge without action is an expensive luxury.

·        The limit of one’s knowledge is not the limit of knowledge; therefore, if one has no answer, it does not mean that there is no answer.