Re: Claude.ai provides reasoning why I may have defeated the conventional HP proof

On 7/10/2025 11:42 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:

On 2025-07-10 22:29, olcott wrote:

On 7/10/2025 10:58 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:

On 2025-07-10 19:58, Richard Damon wrote:

On 7/10/25 10:09 AM, olcott wrote:

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According to the POE:
(a) The Moon is made of green cheese and
(b) the Moon does not exist
proves that
(c) Donald Trump is the Christ.

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Rigth, but only because a side affect of (a) is that the moon must exist.

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Really, the problem here is that Olcott fails to distinguish between the truth of a conditional statement and the truth of the consequent of a conditional statement. They are not the same thing.
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((X & ~X) implies Y) is necessarily true.
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That is not the exact meaning of these words

 What is not the exact meaning of which words?
 

*This Wikipedia quote*
On 7/10/2025 11:29 PM, olcott wrote:
 >    the principle of explosion is the law according to which
 >    *any statement can be proven from a contradiction*
 > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion
Here is the exact meaning of:
*any statement can be proven from a contradiction*
∀x (⊥ ⊢ x).
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