Can 3 men really make a tiger?

I found that the ‘three men making a tiger’ fallacy to be both fascinating and way too fitting for the world today. Essentially, this old Chinese proverb is saying that if one person is able to believe in some sort of crazy information, and will continue to believe in said falsehood if more and more people begin to believe it.  With all that is going on in the news lately, this fallacy can be easily applied to the world of politics today. Going back in time to the presidential inauguration, now president Trump believed that the crowd at his inauguration was larger than the crowd at former president Obama’s. Even though many of the reasons he made weren’t very accurate, he was able to convince his supporters one at a time. In the proverb, since the first man was able to convince the other two that, in fact, they could make an entirely different species, he was able to continue to believe that they could create a tiger. Like the case of the inauguration crowd, president Trump was able to convince at least one person to believe that the photo of his crowd wasn’t accurate in depicting his actual crowd, and by convincing one person, he was able to continue and convince more people that his crowd was bigger, however, it isn’t logically supported and doesn’t make it true just because he convinces enough people to believe it. Another incident where this fallacy proves to be a faulty explanation for an argument is president Trump’s recently unconstitutional travel ban on 7 different countries. While there has not been a single terror related incident caused by a single person in those 7 countries since at least 9/11, president Trump was able to persuade his audience to believe that these 7 countries contained the largest threat to national security. Again, he was able to convince enough people that these places were dangerous that he himself could continue to believe it, even more, implement it. While this fallacy is easily applicable to politics, it is a powerful and even dangerous tool for rhetoric and persuasion. As we have already seen in the presidents first 50 days, if the characteristics of this proverb are used effectively, then an individual’s rhetoric can become the most influential tool in the world.I found that the ‘three men making a tiger’ fallacy to be both fascinating and way too fitting for the world today. Essentially, this old Chinese proverb is saying that if one person is able to believe in some sort of crazy information, and will continue to believe in said falsehood if more and more people begin to believe it.  With all that is going on in the news lately, this fallacy can be easily applied to the world of politics today. Going back in time to the presidential inauguration, now president Trump believed that the crowd at his inauguration was larger than the crowd at former president Obama’s. Even though many of the reasons he made weren’t very accurate, he was able to convince his supporters one at a time. In the proverb, since the first man was able to convince the other two that, in fact, they could make an entirely different species, he was able to continue to believe that they could create a tiger. Like the case of the inauguration crowd, president Trump was able to convince at least one person to believe that the photo of his crowd wasn’t accurate in depicting his actual crowd, and by convincing one person, he was able to continue and convince more people that his crowd was bigger, however, it isn’t logically supported and doesn’t make it true just because he convinces enough people to believe it. Another incident where this fallacy proves to be a faulty explanation for an argument is president Trump’s recently unconstitutional travel ban on 7 different countries. While there has not been a single terror related incident caused by a single person in those 7 countries since at least 9/11, president Trump was able to persuade his audience to believe that these 7 countries contained the largest threat to national security. Again, he was able to convince enough people that these places were dangerous that he himself could continue to believe it, even more, implement it. While this fallacy is easily applicable to politics, it is a powerful and even dangerous tool for rhetoric and persuasion. As we have already seen in the presidents first 50 days, if the characteristics of this proverb are used effectively, then an individual’s rhetoric can become the most influential tool in the world.