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The contrary belief was once mocked on "Yes, Prime Minister" as: "1. We must do something. 2. This is something. 3. Therefore, we must do this."
by bewaretheirs 3y ago
The contrary belief was once mocked on "Yes, Prime Minister" as:
"1. We must do something.
2. This is something.
3. Therefore, we must do this."
- fallingknife 3y agoAnd to cover the opposite case: 1. Nothing is going to happen 2. Something maybe is going to happen, but we should do nothing about it 3. Maybe we should do something about it, but there's nothing we can do 4. Maybe there's something we could have done, but it's too late now
- sassy_quat 3y ago[dead]
- jdthedisciple 3y agoYou may want to revisit how syllogisms work. Thanks for your input.
- fallingknife 3y agoYou might want to watch Yes Minister so you have the context to comment here. Thanks for the input.