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Logically, if the converse is false, then the original statement is false, correct? "If you are the customer, then you are not the product." This is false (ma
by tarr11 14y ago
Logically, if the converse is false, then the original statement is false, correct?
"If you are the customer, then you are not the product."
This is false (many contradictory examples show that you can be both customer and product), and so the original quote itself is false.
- tedunangst 14y agoNo, you're thinking of contrapositive. Converses are not equivalent. In this case, contrapositive would be "if you're not the product, then you are paying for it."
- Turing_Machine 14y agoHere's a Venn diagram: http://imgur.com/532xPbd http://imgur.com/532xPbd Note that "If you're not the customer, you're the product" is true, but "If you are the customer, you're not the product" is false. Your reasoning would hold if the categories were mutually exclusive, but, as you noted, they aren't.