False proofs (mathematical or philosophical)

[ughaibu]

Does anyone know any good ones?

[ronthepon]

Do you mean like this?

 

[math]a = b[/math]

 

[math]a^2 = ab[/math]

 

[math]a^2 - b^2 = ab -b^2[/math]

 

[math](a + b)(a - b) = (a - b)b [/math]

 

[math]a + b = b [/math]

 

supposing a = 1, then b = 1 also.

 

Hence, 1 + 1 = 1

 

2 = 1

 

WHOOOOOOooooooooooooo!

 

Its False, I know. I also know how.

[ughaibu]

Yes, like that, thanks. (I also know how)

[Turtle]

Does anyone know any good ones?

 

Yes. It is a waste of time to repeat known falsehoods and unethical because it takes away time from repeating known truths.

[ughaibu]

Turtle: I'd prefer unknown (to me) falsehoods, familiarity with the weapons of deception isn't a vain pursuit, in my opinion.

[ronthepon]

Lets have a collection of high class avoidable nonsense thingys, also known as false proofs.

 

So that we can see the holes in our algebras, and say for sure that there are places which we must avoid.

[Tim_Lou]

perfection implies existence,

god is perfection; god exists.

 

hmm,

perfection implies existence,

spiderman is perfection; spiderman exists! yay!

[ughaibu]

Another god one:

God exists.

None of the sentences in this pair is true.

[pgrmdave]

All false syllogisms contain bad logic.

This syllogism contains bad logic.

Therefore this syllogism is false.

[TheFaithfulStone]

Love is blind.

God is love.

Ray Charles is god.

 

Oh... you said false...

 

TFS

[ughaibu]

1. Unless I'm mistaken, this proof is perfect

2. Sentence 1 is true, therefore I'm not mistaken

3. As I'm not mistaken, this proof is perfect.