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  • #1

    Logic

    Originally posted by Anonymouse
    Wow, you're the only non gullible one, and such wisdom.
    Anon, learn to read okay? I didn't say I was not gullible. I said people are gullible, since i am a person, logically that includes me.

    People are gullible
    Siggie is a person
    Siggie is gullible

    See how that works?
    [COLOR=#4b0082][B][SIZE=4][FONT=trebuchet ms]“If you think you can, or you can’t, you’re right.”
    -Henry Ford[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]
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  • #2
    Originally posted by Siggie
    Anon, learn to read okay? I didn't say I was not gullible. I said people are gullible, since i am a person, logically that includes me.

    People are gullible
    Siggie is a person
    Siggie is gullible

    See how that works?

    Yah I think I got it. So let me try :

    People are gullible
    Siggie is a person
    Siggie is gullible
    People are Siggie.
    this post = teh win.

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    • #3
      ^ That's a non sequitur ...

      People = A
      gullible = B
      Siggie = C

      A = B
      B = C
      => A = C

      A = C does not imply C = A.

      E.g.: All dogs are animals and all animals are dogs are not the same thing.

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      • #4
        He is using the equality symbol '=' instead of the "are" relationship which is incorrect. It may be more appropriate to use logical equivalence (with the proper symobl being '<=>') which is still incorrect. Under equality, A=C always implies C=A by definition of the '=' operator.

        However, in this case, it is probably better to use set or logic notation as opposed to algerbraic notation. Note that '->' means "implies".

        Following Darorinag's notation (People=A, gullible=B, Siggie=C):

        People are gullible: A -> B
        Siggie is a person: C -> A

        Thus we have C -> B, in other words, Siggie is gullible.
        Last edited by Sip; 06-12-2004, 01:38 AM.
        this post = teh win.

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        • #5
          The use of the equality symbol is not purely based on discrete math here, as we all know, because people cannot be defined with an "=" as gullible. It's a purely semantic issue, one that is not significant considering the gist of the matter is the faulty logic of affirming the consequent...

          Of course, I could go on with a very complex/long mathematical proof, but the reason I put = was to make things faster and easier for those who don't know what the other symbols meant...

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          • #6
            Who's talking discrete math? If you intended the '=' to be something other than equality, then you MUST define it. Otherwise, if it is infact the equality symbol, then transitive, reflexive, and symmetric properties hold.

            To refresh our memory with basic math (discrete or otherwise):

            Symmetric: for quantities a and b, if a=b then b=a.
            Reflexive: for a quantity a, a=a.
            Transitive: for quantities a, b and c, if a=b and b=c then a=c.
            Last edited by Sip; 06-12-2004, 10:46 AM.
            this post = teh win.

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            • #7
              I'm sure you guys didn't mean to start a thread like this, but oh well. The topic does interest me. So post your thoughts on logic. Besides, I think everyone in the intellectual forum could use a little primer. Let's analyze some arguments.

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              • #8
                I am always logical.

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                • #9
                  Not always. Sometimes you're illogical.
                  Achkerov kute.

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                  • #10
                    What if being logical sometimes entails being illogical?
                    this post = teh win.

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