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How do you use the word fallacy?
"Tom thought it was a fallacy that the Moon was made of green cheese."
Where did the saying The Moon is Made of Green Cheese originate?
The phrase comes from a fable or proverb in which a simpleton looked at the reflection of the moon in water & thought it looked like a wheel of cheese. The 'Green' comes from young cheese. Naturally there was never a historical account of people believing it was made from literal green cheese.
What is he moon made out of?
Green cheese.
What are the things people thought the moon was made of?
Things such as wax, Swiss cheese, green cheese, cheese (any old type). Some children believed it was made of ice cream or cake.
Does the moon have cheese on it?
Nooo the moon is NOT blue cheese- IT is a specific material made of matter with crates in it...
Why did people think th moon was cheese?
People thought that because they had no idea and just thought because the moon was yellowish it was made of cheese! ITS NOT BY THE WAY!
What do you know about the moon?
I know that it is not made of green cheese.
What percentage in the US thought the moon was made of cheese?
80%
Why does the moon look like green cheese?
The phrase "the moon is made of green cheese" dates back to an old myth. It was commonly used to represent a nonsensical claim, not an actual belief that the moon is made of cheese. In reality, the Moon is a rocky body devoid of any dairy products.
In 1988 how many Americans thought the moon was made of cheese?
About 3.5 billion
If the moon is made of green cheese then pigs can fly the moon is made of green cheese therefore pigs can fly is a well structured argument?
This is a classical example of a tautology. The sentence "if [P and Not(P)], then Q" is always true, regardless of the truth values of P and Q. This is the principle that, from a contradiction, anything (and everything) follows as a logical conclusion. Essentially, assuming something that can never be true is true ("If the moon is made of green cheese"), you can prove anything. Thus the statement "If the moon is made of green cheese then pigs can fly" is true.
What kind of cheese is the moon made out of?
Any fanciful notion has always been compared to the nonsense idea that the moon is made of green cheese. In other words, if you can believe that, you will believe anything.'Green' does not refer to the color, but means the cheese is 'young', not properly aged yet.The actual kind of cheese is not specified.
