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Because natural language If...Then is not a perfect equivalent to a logical implication. You know as well as I do that if chicken have teeth it doesn't mean Paris is in Australia...
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Actually, to me it does (and always has).
I'm not saying that the proper definition of the if...then construction would have occurred to me in a vacuum. I'm simply saying that even without a formal intoduction to logic it became apparent to me at a fairly young age what it meant. Doing logic puzzles of the kind found in little collection books is probably what inspired it.
Technically, I realised that you needed to break down any simple if A then B statement into 4 possible cases, only one of which falsified the proposition. I did not take the further step and reduce this conclusion to A -> B < = > B OR ~A12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
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In other words, I did not fully symbolise the system I'd "discovered".12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
Stadtluft Macht Frei
Killing it is the new killing it
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Originally posted by KrazyHorse
My ego doesn't need ****. I don't judge my worth relative to you sorry ****s, but relative to my peers.
Yeah, that hurts me deep inside.
"The world is too small in Vorarlberg". Austrian ex-vice-chancellor Hubert Gorbach in a letter to Alistar [sic] Darling, looking for a job...
"Let me break this down for you, fresh from algebra II. A 95% chance to win 5 times means a (95*5) chance to win = 475% chance to win." Wiglaf, Court jester or hayseed, you judge.Comment
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