Jason Campbell70 said:Look, Mladen, if he was already the youngest world champion in history, isn't it just common sense that Vettel would be the youngest two-time F1 Champion too? 🤔
That’s a flawed conclusion. You can't actually derive what Jason concluded from that specific premise; it's a logical fallacy.
Nancy Scott5 said:If Vettel was the youngest world champion last season and just snagged his second title this year, I guess that makes him the youngest two-time world champion ever.🤷
Unless someone failed to grab two titles in a single season.😕
Well, now we have a better premise, which leads to a much more logical conclusion.
Chris Ortiz said:I was wondering if any of the logic experts here could walk me through how it's possible for someone to hold two consecutive titles without necessarily being the youngest person to achieve two titles?
Does that make sense to you now?
If not, let me break it down: Vettel could have been the youngest world champion and then waited ten years to win his second title. In that decade, someone else could have come along and won two championships at an even younger age than him. Since the initial statement doesn't specify that he won his second title immediately after the first, the logic simply doesn't hold up... it doesn't follow from his specific setup.
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