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Really? said Polly, amazed. Nobody?
真的?波利好奇的問道，誰也不會嗎?
I hid my exasperation. Polly, it's a fallacy. The generalization is reached too hastily. There are too few instances to support such a conclusion.
我壓住火氣。波利，這是一種謬誤，這是一種草率的結論。能使這種結論成立的例證太少了。
Know any more fallacies? she asked breathlessly. This is more fun than dancing even.
你還知道其他的謬誤嗎?她氣喘吁吁地說：這真比跳舞還有意思啦!
I fought off a wave of despair. I was getting nowhere with this girl absolutely nowhere. Still, I am nothing if not persistent. I continued.
我極力地使自己不灰心。我真拿這姑娘沒辦法，的確是毫無辦法。可是，如果我不堅持下去，我就太沒有用了。因此，我繼續講下去。
Next comes Post Hoc. Listen to this: Let's not take Bill on our picnic. Every time we take him out with us, it rains.
現在聽我講講'牽強附會'的謬誤。聽著：我們不要帶比爾出去野餐。每次帶他一起去，天就下雨。
I know somebody like that, she exclaimed. A girl back home-Eula Becker, her name is, it never falls. Every single time we take her on a picnic--
我就見過這樣的人，她感嘆地說。我們家鄉有個女孩，名叫尤拉·蓓克爾。從沒有例外，每次我們帶她去野餐…
Polly, I said sharply, it's a fallacy. Eula Becker doesn't cause the rain. She has no connection with the rain. You are guilty of Post Hoc if you blame Eula Becker.
波利，我嚴厲地說，這是一種謬誤。下雨并不是尤拉蓓克爾造成的，下雨與她沒有任何關系。如果你責怪尤拉·蓓克爾，你就是犯了牽強附會的錯誤。
I'll never do that again, she promised contritely.Are you mad at me?
我再也不這樣了，她懊悔地保證說。你生我的氣了嗎?
I sighed deeply. No, Polly, I'm not mad.
我深深地嘆了一口氣：不，波利，我沒生氣。
Then tell me some more fallacies.
那么，給我再講些謬誤吧!
All right. Let's try Contradictory Premises.
好，讓我們來看看矛盾前提吧。
Yes, let's, she chirped, blinking her eyes happily.
行，行，她嘰嘰喳喳地叫著，兩眼閃現出快樂的光芒。
I frowned, but plunged ahead. Here's an example of Contradictory Premises: If God can do anything, can He make a stone so heavy that He won't be able to lift it?
我皺了皺眉頭，但還是接著講下去。這里有一個矛盾前提的例子：如果上帝是萬能的，他能造出一塊連他自己也搬不動的大石頭嗎?
