M.+Salinas



=**Fallacy Project**=
 * The fallacy of composition, sometimes referred to as part of a whole, occurs when a person infers something is true about a whole object just because parts of the object agree with original statement. For example, a movie with a plethora of good actors has to be good because the parts of the whole (the actors) are good. Another example is because cells are invisible to the naked eye and humans are made cells, then humans must also be invisible to the naked eye.**

media type="youtube" key="RFhqp_sG5DU" width="420" height="315" Timmy's mom notices that "Timmy" (Cosmo as a godchild) is green and is warm because he is sweating. Timmy's dad knows that steamed broccoli is green and warm. Timmy's dad concludes that "Timmy" must be steamed broccoli, which can be inferred by him saying they need to get the salad shooter. This is the composition fallacy because Timmy's dad assumes that because "Timmy" is exhibiting properties of a steamed vegetable, he is now that vegetable.
 * (start video at 16:25)**

media type="youtube" key="EZn45unjAJQ" width="560" height="315" Max drinks a glass of pure sodium and dies. Max drinks a glass of pure chloride and also dies. Max then drinks a glass of sodium and chloride and he expects to die because the individual chemicals are toxic. But before he dies, he realizes he is being fallacious by assuming that a mixture of sodium and chloride will kill him, when in actuality sodium and chloride is just table salt.