Sunday, May 13, 2007

Fallacy

2 comments:

h@pP!Ly3v3r@f7eR said...

Unrepresentative Sample: "Hello Delicious." Who's delicious? What's delicious? The lady or the glass of vodka?

BC said...

OK, h@pP!Ly, you've struck at the core of this.

I am suspicious of your label, though. If it's an unrepresentative sample, what are the sample populations and populations about which the prediction is made?

However, I do think the core function here involves conflating the woman with the drink. If the argument is that the vodka is delicious, in what sense is it delicious, like a cherry cola or a cherished lover?