Re: 176:7 INVALID, -2.0

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.



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Rule Date: 2002-02-05 12:40:39 GMT


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