History Quotes / LogicalFallacies

-> '''Black Mage''': [[BeyondTheImpossible It starts at the impossible]] before moving on to the ''[[UpToEleven even more]]'' [[PerfectlyCromulentWord impossibler]].

'''Gendry:''' ''[[WhatAnIdiot Because I sold armour!]]''

->''"Circular logic is self-validating. Therefore it is correct."''\\
-- Anonymous

->''"So, you have been sitting here thinking illogically about logical possibilities or logically about illogical possibilities. No wonder you are cranky."''\\
-- Delenn, ''Series/BabylonFive''

->''"Stay awake for 12 hours? I can do that in my sleep!"''\\
-- Owen, ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''

->''"[[InsaneTrollLogic Your logic]] does not resemble our Earth logic."''\\
-- Buffy, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

->''"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!"''\\
-- Creator/LewisCarroll, ''Literature/ThroughTheLookingGlass''

->''"Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis."''\\
-- John Dewey

->''"Logic doesn't apply to the real world."''\\
-- Marvin Minsky

->-- '''Creator/JonStewart''', ''Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart'', wrapping up the Betsy [=McCaughey=] interview.

->All of [=Al McColgan=] is dead, but not all that is dead is [=Al McColgan=]
->-- Spoof director's commentary, ''The cassette of the soundtrack of the trailer of the film of Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''

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'''Hot Pie:''' [[AnecdotalFallacy I saw a man killing another]] at a tavern in Flea's Bottom. Stabbed right in the neck.\\

->'''Black Mage''': ''What?''

->''"Stay awake for 12 hours? I can do that in my sleep!"''

->-- '''Creator/Jon Stewart''', ''Series/TheDailyShowWithJonStewart'', wrapping up the Betsy [=McCaughey=] interview.

->-- [[Series/TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]], wrapping up the Betsy [=McCaughey=] interview.

->'''Black Mage''': This is quite literally the least practical plan put together by an '''allegedly''' thinking creature.
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!! ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''
->'''Owen''': Stay awake for 12 hours? I can do that in my sleep!

->-- Spoof director's commentary, ''The cassette of the soundtrack of the trailer of the film of Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.

->'''Black Mage''': This is quite literally the least practical plan put together by an '''allegedly''' thinking creature.

->''"Why isn't prostitution legal? Selling is legal; fucking is legal. So why isn't selling fucking legal?"''
->-- Creator/GeorgeCarlin

->Circular logic is self-validating. Therefore it is correct.\\

->So, you have been sitting here thinking illogically about logical possibilities or logically about illogical possibilities. No wonder you are cranky.\\
-- Delenn, ''[[Series/BabylonFive Babylon 5]]''

->[[InsaneTrollLogic Your logic]] does not resemble our Earth logic.\\

->"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!"\\

-> Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.\\

->Logic doesn't apply to the real world.\\

->It's been a fascinating discussion, because ... I feel like we don't connect, like, on -- it's, like ... it's ''weird.'' Because ... I like you ... but I don't understand how your ''brain'' works.

->-- Spoof director's commentary, ''The cassette of the soundtrack of the trailer of the film of Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''

->Why isn't prostitution legal? Selling is legal; fucking is legal. So why isn't selling fucking legal?
->-- GeorgeCarlin

-> '''Red Mage:''' Most plans are ''critically'' flawed by their own logic. [[SpannerInTheWorks A failure at any step will ruin everything]]. That's just basic cause and effect. It's easy for a good plan to fall apart. Therefore, a plan that has '''[[CrazyEnoughToWork no attachment]]''' to logic can not be stopped. The success or failure of any step will have no impact on the macro level.

->'''Black Mage''': So do I! It moves my blood around.

->'''Red Mage''': Not if we kill you!

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->'''Red Mage''': That's enough logical fallacies to convince me. Black Mage is fine.

-> '''Black Mage''': It starts at the impossible before moving on to the ''[[UpToEleven even more]]'' impossible.

-> '''Black Mage''': It starts at the impossible before moving on to the ''[[BeyondTheImpossible even more]]'' impossible.

-> '''Black Mage''': It starts at the impossible before moving on to the ''even more'' impossible.

-- LewisCarroll, ''Through the Looking Glass''

->-- [[TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]], wrapping up the Betsy [=McCaughey=] interview.

->-- Spoof director's commentary, ''The cassette of the soundtrack of the trailer of the film of MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''

-- Delenn, ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]''

-- Buffy, ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

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-> In the arena of logic, I fight unarmed!

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->Circular logic is self-validating. Therefore it is correct.\\
-- Anonymous

->So, you have been sitting here thinking illogically about logical possibilities or logically about illogical possibilities. No wonder you are cranky.\\
-- Delenn, ''[[BabylonFive Babylon 5]]''

->[[InsaneTrollLogic Your logic]] does not resemble our Earth logic.\\
-- Buffy, ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

->"Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be, and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic!"\\
-- LewisCarroll, ''Through the Looking Glass''

-> Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.\\
-- John Dewey

->Logic doesn't apply to the real world.\\
-- Marvin Minsky

->It's been a fascinating discussion, because ... I feel like we don't connect, like, on -- it's, like ... it's ''weird.'' Because ... I like you ... but I don't understand how your ''brain'' works.
->-- [[TheDailyShow Jon Stewart]], wrapping up the Betsy [=McCaughey=] interview.
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