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"The best things in life are free. Notepad++ is free. So Notepad++ is the best. " Logically incorrect. Maybe that is the joke. Should be: "The best things i
by quickthrower2 4y ago
"The best things in life are free.
Notepad++ is free.
So Notepad++ is the best.
"
Logically incorrect. Maybe that is the joke. Should be: "The best things in life are free. Notepad++ is free. Therefore if something is not free, it cannot be one of the best things, or notepad++"
- rzzzt 4y agoThe joke is indeed the false syllogism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism#Syllogistic_fallacies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism#Syllogistic_fallacie... Well deduced!
- yreg 4y agoIt's also the cartesian ontological argument for the existence of God. >The God is perfect. >If the God did not exist it wouldn't be perfect. >Therefore God must exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument#Ren%C3%A9_Descartes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontological_argument#Ren%C3%A9...
- afiori 4y agoThe ontological argument is a valid deduction > A, B implies not A thus not B The problem is that you have to prove both A and (B implies not A), without self referentially assuming it in the first place,
- quickthrower2 4y agoSounds like proof by contradiction
- quickthrower2 4y agoAlso the definition of an alibi!
- dlivingston 4y agoSomething something "like dissecting a frog."
- FeepingCreature 4y ago(Context: "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a live frog to figure out how it works. The first thing you have on your hands is a dead frog.")
- statheros 4y agoYes, that is the joke lol. Just like the witch scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
- layer8 4y agoIf you read “is” as “equals”, then the best things in life are Notepad++.