Just for the record, reboot, that logic is invalid. I can't help but point it out even if it's not the point. It's like seeing somebody with something between their teeth. I feel like I should say something. The logic is proven invalid by recreating the syllogism with different terms: Some cat is a furry animal. Some dog is a furry animal. Some cat is a dog. So... ~QED
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Grad student at Duke University. Avid reader and student. Specialization in analytic linguistics and logic. Ordained minister. Not-your-ordinary-American-Christian. Apolitical. Registered 2007-05-02 20:04:50 Comment Karma: 0 Featured Comments: 0 Member of : |
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- Comment on Hot Scratch Master (2008-03-05 17:34:30)
Just for the record, reboot, that logic is invalid. I can't help but point it out even if it's not the point. It's like seeing somebody with something between their teeth. I feel like I should say something. The logic is proven invalid by recreating the syllogism with different terms: Some cat is a furry animal. Some dog is a furry animal. Some cat is a dog. So... ~QED - Comment on Map of Florida (2007-11-24 14:39:18)
Durham, NC. - Comment on Transformers - Last Supper (2007-05-22 15:45:48)
Finally, we get the point of Romans 12:2 - "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind..." Perhaps the better translation is: "Be a transformer for the renewal of your mind..." - Comment on Han Solo Vs Malcom Renolds (2007-05-02 16:08:21)
I don't know who wins but I know that the rest of the universe loses. The death of either would be a tragedy. At the hands of the other, it is incomprehensible.