>The mental gymnastics are beautiful and entertaining. Sure >But again, as the other commenter points out, this is abductive reasoning. Deduction is divining

>The mental gymnastics are beautiful and entertaining. Sure >But again, as the other commenter points out, this is abductive reasoning. Deduction is divining the effect from rule and cause. The rule is the definition of the podition, the cause is that a computer is small enough to fit a podium and the effect is that a computer is a podition. >Google image "podium". Google image "computer". The vast majority of computers shown can be placed on the vast majority of podiums shown. Deduction does not deal with probable statements. The rule and cause must both be true. My cause is not always true. Like i said, i genuinely do think it's funny that you read all that and decided it was absence of reasoning. Just kind of shows the state of things.