And, anyway, assuming that an individual has the modal characteristics of the place they live in or the school they attended is a blatant example of the ecological fallacy in logic.
There is a more significant problem with the idea of the black vote, and that is that the premise itself is a fallacy.
All are based on the "economic fallacy" that money is what motivates power in a modern state.
SH It is the pathetic fallacy, isn't it?
The fallacy of the argument that the recent slow down in surface warming contradicts the models is apparent by comparing the 15 years prior to 1998 where the observed rate of surface warming was faster than the average rate from model predictions.
The concept can be traced as far back as Aristotle, but HW Fowler, whose entry on begging the question is listed under the Latin petitio principii (assumption of the basis), defines it as "the fallacy of founding a conclusion on a basis that as much needs to be proved as the conclusion itself", giving as an example "foxhunting is not cruel, since the fox enjoys the fun".
The fallacy persists that just because you live in the countryside, you're anti-townie and pro-hunting, which is twaddle.
The greatest fallacy about Busby is that his public behaviour has swollen around a soft centre of gentleness.
And the broken windows fallacy ceases to be a fallacy: something that forces firms to replace capital, even if that something seemingly makes them poorer, can stimulate spending and raise employment.
DANNY BLANCHFLOWER, the eloquent captain of the all-conquering Tottenham Hotspur side of 1961, famously remarked that "the great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning.
"The fallacy is that often the use of force changes the circumstances of the question.
