I agree that it is not an Either-Or scenario (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma). You are right about tha

I agree that it is not an Either-Or scenario (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma). You are right about that. I would doubt however that this would be an 'Equals' or 'Implies' scenario. Let go of seeing either of them as binary, and then not even as scalers.