XPost: sci.logic
On 7/11/2025 12:12 AM, olcott wrote:
On 7/10/2025 11:42 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
On 2025-07-10 22:29, olcott wrote:
On 7/10/2025 10:58 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:
On 2025-07-10 19:58, Richard Damon wrote:
On 7/10/25 10:09 AM, olcott wrote:
According to the POE:
(a) The Moon is made of green cheese and
(b) the Moon does not exist
proves that
(c) Donald Trump is the Christ.
Rigth, but only because a side affect of (a) is that the moon must
exist.
Really, the problem here is that Olcott fails to distinguish between
the truth of a conditional statement and the truth of the consequent
of a conditional statement. They are not the same thing.
((X & ~X) implies Y) is necessarily true.
That is not the exact meaning of these words
What is not the exact meaning of which words?
*This Wikipedia quote*
On 7/10/2025 11:29 PM, olcott wrote:
the principle of explosion is the law according to which
*any statement can be proven from a contradiction*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion
Here is the exact meaning of:
*any statement can be proven from a contradiction*
∀x (⊥ ⊢ x).
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