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Argumentum ad consequentiam

from Man in the Mirror (2010) by Utopia Now

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This is a logical fallacy usually referred to as “appeal to consequences” ("A is true/ not true because the consequences of A are desirable/undesirable"). This is essentially a fancy word of describing wishful thinking. "I believe in life after death because I am afraid of dying. I believe in God because without God life would be empty and meaningless (and that thought scares the hell out of me)". Although modern science makes it clearer and clearer that wishful thinking is not the cause of religious and quasi-religious beliefs, it sure is an amplifier or a supporter. Most believers would probably not admit to committing this fallacy, but I strongly suspect that it is usually present (my experience with the subject strongly suggests this anyway) . Unfortunately, when it comes to beliefs, many people don’t differentiate between what they would like to be the case and what actually is. And once a human mind fails to make this distinction, everything goes, and there are virtually no limits to what one could bring oneself to believe.

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- Argumentum ad consequentiam -

In a figurative savannah
a lion meets an abbot.
So the man closes his eyes
and imagines it’s a rabbit.
All the wishing was in vain,
he never opened his eyes again.

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When the feeble-minded fail
in the face of the great collision
between the two worlds of fact and reverie,
when the intellect is frail
and longing blurs the vision,
anything goes: Goodbye reality.

A pious single mother
with chronically empty pockets
had no job but a backyard
and a million buried in it
or so at least she wished
until her house was repossessed.

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We hide in the comfort of wishful thinking
accepting illusions not even blinking.
And at the end of a blissful day
we’ll have wished our lives away.

Chorus:
When feeble minds collapse
in the face of the great collision
between the two worlds of fact and reverie,
when the intellect is trapped
and longing blurs the vision,
anything goes: Goodbye reality.

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from Man in the Mirror (2010), released June 25, 2010
Music and lyrics written, recorded, and performed by Stephan Serowy.

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Utopia Now Berlin, Germany

Utopia Now started out in 2006 but had been known under the name Indigo since 2002, sharing the stage with bands such as Lagwagon, Anti Flag, A Wilhelm Scream, No Trigger, Good Clean Fun, Venerea and many more. However, the band was short-lived and split in 2007. Today the band lives on in the form of an online solo project by the band’s founder, singer, and songwriter, Stephan Serowy. ... more

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