Originally posted by KazetNagorra Well, for example, the probability that you are both a kitten and not a kitten will never approach one, no matter how long you wait.
Yes, they do. Those two possibilities cannot exist simultaneously. However, if we waited an infinite period of time, at some point, my DNA would mutate to the point of turning me into a kitten or some being would develop the technology to turn me into a kitten. If that is impossible, then it is not a "possible outcome" for purposes of my original statement.
As for my not being a kitten, the probability that this is the case now is probably something like 0.999999999999999999999999999999999999 (the other possibility being that I am a kitten having an awesome hallucination or dream). Even if I am a kitten, the probably of my not being a kitten at some point given an infinite period of time is also one.
Originally posted by Bosse de Nage Therefore all comparisons to indefensible political regimes must be illicit!
Clearly, all of Germany didn't anticipate Hitler's regime to go where it went. And Austria did not beg in on the deal, anticipating fighting a war against the rest of the world.
Most comparisons and references to Hitler come with a slippery slope argument. What can happen, and has happened, not that the comparison is making a direct parallel to the Third Reich.
Godwin's law, is no law at all, just an observation by a geek on arguments on the internet. If taken to the extreme, all arguments of comparison would be illicit.
Originally posted by sh76 Yes, they do. Those two possibilities cannot exist simultaneously. However, if we waited an infinite period of time, at some point, my DNA would mutate to the point of turning me into a kitten or some being would develop the technology to turn me into a kitten. If that is impossible, then it is not a "possible outcome" for purposes of my original statement.
...[text shortened]... probably of my not being a kitten at some point given an infinite period of time is also one.
If someone argued you were a "pussy" does that increase the chances you are a kitten?
Originally posted by sh76 Yes, they do. Those two possibilities cannot exist simultaneously. However, if we waited an infinite period of time, at some point, my DNA would mutate to the point of turning me into a kitten or some being would develop the technology to turn me into a kitten. If that is impossible, then it is not a "possible outcome" for purposes of my original statement.
..or you could all gender reassignment, and hope that someone gets your pussy to purr..?!
Originally posted by normbenign Clearly, all of Germany didn't anticipate Hitler's regime to go where it went. And Austria did not beg in on the deal, anticipating fighting a war against the rest of the world.
At a dinner party I attended last night, one of the guests remarked: "The Austrians have pulled off a superb propagranda coup in persuading the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was Austrian."
Originally posted by Teinosuke At a dinner party I attended last night, one of the guests remarked: "The Austrians have pulled off a superb propagranda coup in persuading the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was Austrian."
Originally posted by Teinosuke At a dinner party I attended last night, one of the guests remarked: "The Austrians have pulled off a superb propagranda coup in persuading the world that Hitler was German and Beethoven was Austrian."
Sure. But a lot of bad things start out benignly. Who knew Hitler would do what he did?
Originally posted by normbenign Sure. But a lot of bad things start out benignly. Who knew Hitler would do what he did?
The better question becomes, when they found out why did they not rebel?
It is an example of what a strong centralized government can accomplish and should humble us all. Essentially, with such a government any evil can be carried out at a whim and with no opposition of significance.
Godwin's Law
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