Example of faulty analogy: a fallacy of argument in which a comparison between two objects is inaccurate?

Question

Example of faulty analogy: a fallacy of argument in which a comparison between two objects is inaccurate?

Answer 1

"If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we cure the common cold?"

Answer 2

no, inaccuracy has nothing to do with whether or not the analogy is faulty. What makes it faulty is the absence of a parallel between the things compared, not the accuracy.

Generally, it is called a "false analogy rather than a faulty analogy. The important question in determining a false analogy is : Do the two things put into the analogy differ in any essential and relevant respect, or are they different only in unimportant and irrelevant aspects?" (Barnett and Bedau, p287)

Also see pg 295, aprox. Line 100.

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Answer 3

quiet asking meh these things

Answer 4

Red Herring or Ad verecundiam, depending on the comparison.