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| 01 Sep 2012 05:00 PM |
It states that a=b, so if b=c, then a=c as well.
In other words:
Apples are food, food is edible. Therefor, apples are edible.
It also means:
Apples are always green, yellow or red, and apples are food. Therefor, food is always green, yellow or red.
But that's not right... |
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iguanazor
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| 01 Sep 2012 05:02 PM |
apples are not always green, yellow or red
and apples are not food, they are a type of food
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Bravado
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| 01 Sep 2012 05:05 PM |
| I think it's more like saying "If an apple is a certain color and that certain color is red, then the apple is red". |
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iguanazor
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| 01 Sep 2012 05:24 PM |
the OP failed at being clever
the end
jaja |
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| 01 Sep 2012 05:31 PM |
"the OP failed at being clever"
That's what happens when instead of trying to be clever, you're questioning a mathematical property. |
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iguanazor
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| 01 Sep 2012 06:08 PM |
you weren't questioning it
you were just trying to seem clever or witty by thinking of an exception to a property
but then you failed at doing that
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| 01 Sep 2012 06:29 PM |
"you weren't questioning it"
I'm sorry that you can't accept that I questioned a mathematical property. |
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Bravado
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| 27 Jan 2015 11:01 PM |
| holy crap i even remember this thread |
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Xerolayne
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| 27 Jan 2015 11:06 PM |
| In my experience, mathematical properties take mathematical inputs exclusively. What you put in the original post is more of a philosophical syllogism, I would say. |
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Mantine55
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| 27 Jan 2015 11:07 PM |
"In my experience, mathematical properties take mathematical inputs exclusively. What you put in the original post is more of a philosophical syllogism, I would say."
i plugged this into google translate and it couldn't figure out what you were saying |
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