also known as Fallacious Argument.
Example: A ham sandwich is better than the fulfillment of your every dream.
Proof:
Nothing is better than the fulfillment of your every dream and a ham sandwich is better than nothing. Result follows trivially.
# See also - Sunken Cost Fallacy (but no discussing certain big modern ones there!)
- School of Thought → Logical Fallacy, https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ ⇒ Tote Theoretiker
- 'Original' of this page on c2.com