(August 16, 2016 at 7:48 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote:(August 16, 2016 at 7:11 pm)Rhythm Wrote: A false equivalence leveraged for poor analogy, foisted aloft by a non sequitur. Gratz.
(Question for the logic bomber: Is a false equivalence the same thing as conflating two things?)
I'm not the Logic Bomber, but as i understand it, a false equivalence is stating that two things are essentially the same and may be treated as such, while conflation is the grouping of two or more disparate things.
They're related concepts, in that they're both rooted in a category error.
False equivalence: Elephants are herbivores, zebras are herbivores, therefore elephants are zebras.
Conflation: Elephants are herbivores, wolves are carnivores, but since both are mammals we can treat them identically.