Little known historical fact – Hitler actually did believe in unicorns. And also maybe God?
Exciting news: Philosophers’ Carnival coming up on the 9th! I’ve already received a TON of excellent submissions so far, and narrowing them down to a few is going to be quite a challenge.
Anyway, enjoy the comic, and stay tuned for more soon!
Mehehehe. đ
It’s actually a fairly good example of a fallacious causal reasoning:
Cum Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
http://www.fallacyfiles.org/cumhocfa.html
By the way, should this comic not be called aunicornism? đ
ohh.. and i thought it was wearing clothes that caused evil.. aunicornism makes more sense though!!
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Great comic!
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