If porn stars are sluts and all porn stars have tattoos, is a woman on the street with a tattoo the same type?

Answer 1

Fine out by asking her "How Much?" then you'll find out the answer.

Answer 2

You've loosely stated a logical argument called a syllogism - trouble is, it's a faulty syllogism.

A syllogism consists of two premises, followed by a conclusion drawn from those premeses. For instance:

All fruit grows on trees.
An apple is a fruit.
Therefore, an apple grows on a tree.

This is a correctly stated syllogism and, if the two premeses are both true, then the conclusion is also true. However, if I stated that:

All fruit grows on trees.
An apple grows on a tree.
Therefore, an apple is a fruit.

This would be a false conclusion, because while my premeses state that all fruit grows on trees, they do not state that everything that grows on a tree is a fruit, so I can't draw the conclusion based on where an apple grows - I can only draw it based on an apple being a fruit.

In the syllogism you've drawn, you're saying:

All porn stars are sluts.
All porn stars have tattoos.
Therefore, all women with tattoos are sluts.

Even assuming your premeses are true, you cannot logically draw the conclusion you have drawn because the set of people you're drawing the conclusion about (women with tattoos) is not
contained within the group(s) you've defined in your premeses. If you had stated:

All porn stars are sluts.
All people with tatoos are porn stars.
Therefore, all women with tatoos are sluts.

...then your conclusion would have been correct based on your premeses - but of course your premeses are still wrong.

Syllogisms can be fun because sometimes the faulty logic is not as easy to detect. My favorite is one that proves that a cat has nine tails. It goes:

No cat has eight tails.
One cat has one more tail than no cat.
Therefore, one cat has nine tails.

Peace,

Radical Geezer

Answer 3

Porn stars are not sluts, they are just doing their job (and getting paid well for it) and what do tattoos have to do with anything, a tattoo doesn't make someone a slut...lol

Answer 4

Are you for real? Why are porn stars sluts? They are just doing a job and making a living. A very good living for some. What's the problem?

Answer 5

This question is very faliciously presented. It makes me think of an IQ test question.."If all wigs are sigs and sigs are sags then are all wigs sags?" The answer is "Not enough information was given". There is nothing about one thing that can allow you to draw a conclusion about another. Don't be so closed minded and stereotypical. Get to know and appreciate every kind person you come across no matter if they are covered in tattoos or as bare as a baby.

Answer 6

You would be surprised how many "average" people do in fact have tattoos but most people tend to remain fully clothed when in view of others therefore their tattoos (depending where they are of course) remain hidden. Porn stars therefore appear to have more as on the whole the only time you see them is when they are partially or fully naked thus their tattoos are much more visible.

Answer 7

right sorry i got tattoos from while i was a sailor
but i'm by no means a slut or a porn star

Answer 8

Not really. Everybody can have tattoo's. It doesn't always mean that they are sluts or porn stars.

Answer 9

most porn stars were abused when they were younger and also happen to be married. it's out of order to call them sluts. and people have tattoos as a common part of their culture, it's only middle class people who think that they're unusual. you shouldn't be so narrow-minded.

Answer 10

No, because not all tattooed people are porn stars.

Answer 11

if it is raing there must be dogs barking...oh right logic math is not always logical
just because someone has a tattoo or piercings for that matter does not mean they are porn stars or punks or bad in any way.