From: James Willson (jkvw3_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Feb 05 2002 - 04:40:27 PST
--- Stephen Turner <sret1_at_ntlworld.com> wrote: > Judgement: Invalid. If true => b is true for all b then all statements are > true. But there are false statements, e.g., multiplication is associative. Er, whoops. :) Of course, I meant b => true is true for all b. :) > Style: I was glad to find this blunder. The idea that 1 does in fact equal > 0 is superficially amusing, but it implies that all numbers -- or at least > all of our numbers -- are equal, which would cause the whole number system > to collapse. I don't think 1=0 implies that 2=1 in fantasy maths. After all, it would only take a rule saying "oh, addition doesn't work that way" to make inequality work. Not that it matters, being that the rule is invalid. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.com -- Rule Date: 2002-02-05 12:40:39 GMT
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