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Question:If I believe I can fly, I can fly.

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Hm. I would call that an appeal to authority, myself.

This becomes apparent if we skew it a little bit. If your answer to the same question was "Stephen Hawking said so", that would be a pretty classic case of appeal to authority. The only substantial difference in this case is the Hillary is citing herself as the authority.

It might be called a -faulty- appeal to authority if you decide as well that she hasn't enough authority in the field of politics to even presume to answer such a question. You might also call it personal bias if you believe that her objectivity on the issue is compromised by the fact that she's talking about herself.

But yes, it is definitely a KIND of fallacy, no matter how you slice it.
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    • It sounds to me like the concept of the Power of Creation. That which I speak into the Universe as truth will indeed become such.
    It's not a fallacy of logic and it's not necessarily wrong, either. Your statement, on the other hand (about flying) is called
    "Hyppothesis contrary to fact."
    television nowdays are teaching kids bad things like all you need to do to get something is to believe you are going to get something. also it teaches kids that the sun is a baby, that people can have purple skin made out of cloth and put together by a very bad designer.
    "Stupid is as stupid does." (Forest Gump)
    Its' a syllogism, Yes?
    Thought is most power full one in the world and if proper plan & action are included it will bring frute full results in our life.With this in mind we should analise the blief also.
    Based on the above facts who ever (Hillary / Obama) act in better means & ways she / he will suceed in race.
    In every gain there is loss. In every loss there is gain.

    The word "can" - indicates ability. In other words one believes that one is able.

    The Wright Brothers believed as others before them and contemporary to them, believed they could fly. They also proved they could fly. They broke bones and their purses in the process, but in the final analysis they proved they could fly.

    Everyone is entitled to believe or not believe in anything they desire, whether it is considered fallicious or not. It is ones perogative to especially believe in oneself.

    "If I am not for myself, then who else will be for me? If not now, when?"

    Just because one believes that they can perform a particular task, does not mean that they can or cannot. It only means that they believe no more, no less.

    Belief is always a good start. to any task to be undertaked. Belief has made the imposssible into the possible. Belief actualized has also uncovered the foolishness or the nobility of undertaking an endeavor.

    The question of winning or losing is inmaterial and important. The true winning is how one plays the game. Is the gameplay honorable, fair, and clean? .
    Dont u believe u will get the answer in this forum. Thats it.


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