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From a purely logic point of view, I have some problems accepting this: > "When the facts change, I change my mind," I included because of its implied inverse:
by muxator 9y ago
From a purely logic point of view, I have some problems accepting this:
> "When the facts change, I change my mind," I included because of its implied inverse: "When the facts don't change, I don't change my mind."
It is my understanding that "A implies B" does not imply "not A implies not B".
Maybe I am just hairsplitting, but when I read/hear something I see these kind of sentences as bad indicators.
- zardo 9y agoThe trouble with applying formal logic to natural language, is in the translation. You are interpreting "when" as indicating an implication, it could also be an 'if and only if'.
- muxator 9y agoI know what you mean. It took me some effort to accept that, in natural language, an "exponential growth" was not really meant to be exponential. One has to live with it. :)