I would definitely add a weak analogy as an additional fallacy. (I don't like using the term false analogy, as an analogy can never be true, otherwise they wouldn't be analogs.)
A is like B.
B has property P.
Therefore, A has property P.
If you simplify the argument in this case, you can see the fault much more easily.
The Universe is like a microprocessor
A Microprocessor needs someone to supply power
Therefore the Universe needs someone to supply power
Why didn't he use the analogy...
The Universe is like a duck
A duck requires a mother duck
Therefore the Universe has a mother universe
It would have been simpler and more apt, since both things occur without noticeable human intervention.
Its a trick, like most arguments of this kind. Get person to accept a tenuous similarity, then enforce a completely different aspect as having to be similar.
A is like B.
B has property P.
Therefore, A has property P.
If you simplify the argument in this case, you can see the fault much more easily.
The Universe is like a microprocessor
A Microprocessor needs someone to supply power
Therefore the Universe needs someone to supply power
Why didn't he use the analogy...
The Universe is like a duck
A duck requires a mother duck
Therefore the Universe has a mother universe
It would have been simpler and more apt, since both things occur without noticeable human intervention.
Its a trick, like most arguments of this kind. Get person to accept a tenuous similarity, then enforce a completely different aspect as having to be similar.
Self-authenticating private evidence is useless, because it is indistinguishable from the illusion of it. ― Kel, Kelosophy Blog
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
