Definition: The Lamb Fallacy, or Fallacia Agnorum, is a type of faulty reasoning marked by intentional deception. It occurs when misleading information is used to create a distorted view of reality, leading people to accept conclusions that are logically unsound. Key features include deceptive premises, distorted conclusions, an intent to deceive, and flaws in the logical structure. The term highlights how individuals can be misled and underscores the importance of critically evaluating information.
In a political discourse, the speaker employed The Lamb Fallacy by selectively presenting data to support their narrative, intentionally distorting the information to mislead the audience into accepting a conclusion that did not accurately reflect the true state of affairs.
by Speech Increased January 28, 2024
Get the The Lamb Fallacymug. What an anxious/impatient youngster would logically want to know in instances when his parent promises a certain action/food/relief/entertainment "in two shakes of a lamb's tail".
Cranky child: "Are we there yet?!"
Parent driving (cheerfully): "Oh, no worries --- we'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail!"
Cranky child: "But how often does the lamb shake its tail?! Oh, sure --- a NORMAL AND ALERT lamb probably "flutters its little stumpy thing" quite regularly, but if the lamb is asleep or not feeling chipper, its behind-flipper might not move much at all, and so it might take HOURS for it to jiggle even ONCE, let alone TWICE!"
Parent driving (cheerfully): "Oh, no worries --- we'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail!"
Cranky child: "But how often does the lamb shake its tail?! Oh, sure --- a NORMAL AND ALERT lamb probably "flutters its little stumpy thing" quite regularly, but if the lamb is asleep or not feeling chipper, its behind-flipper might not move much at all, and so it might take HOURS for it to jiggle even ONCE, let alone TWICE!"
by QuacksO July 10, 2024
Get the But how often does the lamb shake its tail?!mug. by Carl Williams November 17, 2022
Get the Lamb handsmug. Coach Ham Lam: Girls come here
Me and my friends: What do you want now?
Coach Ham Lamb: Don't wear those shorts again!!!
Me and my friends: What do you want now?
Coach Ham Lamb: Don't wear those shorts again!!!
by You're_a_whore November 19, 2019
Get the Coach Ham Lambmug. james ; yo you see murds new bird?
dan ; nah fam, what she look like do?
james ; the usual, blond caked with make up and only wears northy
dan ; anything different?
james ; raa she had the thickest lamb rack id ever seen fam
dan ; yo i gotta see this bird now
dan ; nah fam, what she look like do?
james ; the usual, blond caked with make up and only wears northy
dan ; anything different?
james ; raa she had the thickest lamb rack id ever seen fam
dan ; yo i gotta see this bird now
by the_sesame_bagel April 12, 2020
Get the lamb rackmug. by haljoe June 8, 2018
Get the Roast your lambmug. What a modern-day Mary could have called her small fuzzy ovine pet and thus been allowed to bring it to class with her despite its ordinarily being "against the rule".
I'm all for allowing children to keep cute/cuddly pets as calming/encouraging companions to help them through da day; it's just dat allowing Mary to bring her "therapy lamb" into an elementary-school classroom would cause all kinds of issues, of course, since it would be a huge distraction to all of Mary's fellow students, who would naturally all wanna pet and cuddle da silky woolly lamb all day instead of concentrating on their boring lessons.
by QuacksO May 28, 2021
Get the therapy lambmug.