12 Jul '10 03:58>
Adam gets more mileage out of saying nothing, than I have ever seen... I wonder if he reherses in a mirror sometimes....
Originally posted by adam warlock[b]Thesis
The proposition: All three legged, red eyed, two headed Japanese eat red bananas. is true.
Originally posted by adam warlockThe set is not empty. Such creatures may exist. Long walls of texts cannot hide that you were wrong and the assumption that such creatures do not exist is essential to your conclusion, but not given as a premise in your puzzle.
So you're comparing a three legged, red eyed, two headed japanese (which everyone knows what it is in the 21th century) to an electron (which everyone didn't know what it was in the 15th century)?
Are you really saying that this comparison is sane?
Will you be telling me that I didn't get your "point" too?
You started by saying that the pr rong, you know?
Ps: Don't forget to answer Palynka's question.
Originally posted by adam warlockI may not know what you mean by 'truth value' but I sure do know what I mean. It is conceited to think you own the phrase.
In that case why start your first intervention in this thread with this: I don't think a truth value can be assigned to it.
It looks like a conceited position to take if you don't know the meaning of truth value.
Originally posted by twhiteheadWhen I say that the phrase is easily found on the web, I'm, in essence, saying that I don't own the phrase. I'm saying that the phrase has a precise technical meaning and that precise technical meaning is easily found by anyone that has a real interest in knowing it..
It is conceited to think you own the phrase.
Originally posted by adam warlockAnd I dispute that I invented a meaning. I used the phrase well within its standard English meaning. I don't expect you to play any games, I was merely pointing out that I was not conceited to use the phrase or make assertions with the phrase, and knowing what you meant by the phrase was not required in order to make those assertions.
If you don't know what it means and want to invent your own meaning, by all means do so, but don't expect me to play that game because it has no interest of any kind.
Originally posted by twhiteheadWhatever you say.
And I dispute that I invented a meaning. I used the phrase well within its standard English meaning. I don't expect you to play any games, I was merely pointing out that I was not conceited to use the phrase or make assertions with the phrase, and knowing what you meant by the phrase was not required in order to make those assertions.
You on the other ha ...[text shortened]... it is neither true nor false as it does not supply enough information to make a determination.