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No. I think your logic may be off. If I say all A have property B this does not imply that no other type of object can have property B. For instance, it is t

No. I think your logic may be off. If I say all A have property B this does not imply that no other type of object can have property B. For instance, it is true that all living men have cells that reproduce. But men aren’t the only living humans with this property. Also it’s clearly just meant to be a witty statement and not to be taken as a formal definition.

pbhjpbhj 9y ago
It was a question, not a conclusion; I think you'll find the flaw with your own logic, comprehension, or both. >"Based on my interactions with conservatives in the U.S. who are religious [...]" This strongly implies you only find the given characteristic, greed, amongst the religious subset of conservatives. I was thus enquiring so as to establish whether, for example, you found all those without religion to be devoid of greed. You strongly implied it was only non-religious conservatives who were immune to greed; do you care to comment on those who aren't conservative, do you find the same result. Of course my question was loaded: I expect your position to be based primarily on prejudice rather than science but would be happy to be corrected. FWIW I'm not religious, not conservative, not USAmerican, but am often greedy.
- yequalsx 9y ago
  My statement does not imply what you say it does. My statement is about religious conservatives and defining a characteristic of such people. It does not define greedy people. My statement isn't even about greed it's about a subset of the people who have the haunting fear that someone, somewhere is getting something they don't deserve. This isn't the same thing as greed. When I say that religious conservatism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere is getting something they don't deserve, I am defining a characteristic of the set of people who are religious conservatives. That set of people may have other characteristics and, here's the important thing, the set of people who have the haunting fear that I described is itself not described. Other people may have this same haunting fear and not be religious conservatives. I have merely posited that the set of religious conservatives is a subset of the set of people with the aforementioned haunting fear. A Venn diagram may be useful. If I had said that one has the haunting fear if and only if they are a religious conservative then you'd be correct in your interpretation. But I did not say this. I did not make any claims about non-relgious conservatives or any other group. Therefore any conclusion on what I believe about these other groups is not logically supported by what I wrote. Again, clearly the statement was merely an attempt at wit and not meant to be taken literally. It's hyperbole.

pbhjpbhj 9y ago

It was a question, not a conclusion; I think you'll find the flaw with your own logic, comprehension, or both. >"Based on my interactions with conservatives in the U.S. who are religious [...]" This strongly implies you only find the given characteristic, greed, amongst the religious subset of conservatives. I was thus enquiring so as to establish whether, for example, you found all those without religion to be devoid of greed. You strongly implied it was only non-religious conservatives who were immune to greed; do you care to comment on those who aren't conservative, do you find the same result. Of course my question was loaded: I expect your position to be based primarily on prejudice rather than science but would be happy to be corrected. FWIW I'm not religious, not conservative, not USAmerican, but am often greedy.

yequalsx 9y ago
My statement does not imply what you say it does. My statement is about religious conservatives and defining a characteristic of such people. It does not define greedy people. My statement isn't even about greed it's about a subset of the people who have the haunting fear that someone, somewhere is getting something they don't deserve. This isn't the same thing as greed. When I say that religious conservatism is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere is getting something they don't deserve, I am defining a characteristic of the set of people who are religious conservatives. That set of people may have other characteristics and, here's the important thing, the set of people who have the haunting fear that I described is itself not described. Other people may have this same haunting fear and not be religious conservatives. I have merely posited that the set of religious conservatives is a subset of the set of people with the aforementioned haunting fear. A Venn diagram may be useful. If I had said that one has the haunting fear if and only if they are a religious conservative then you'd be correct in your interpretation. But I did not say this. I did not make any claims about non-relgious conservatives or any other group. Therefore any conclusion on what I believe about these other groups is not logically supported by what I wrote. Again, clearly the statement was merely an attempt at wit and not meant to be taken literally. It's hyperbole.