Sujet : Re: Mike Terry Proves --- How the requirements that Professor Sipser agreed to are exactly met
De : rjh (at) *nospam* cpax.org.uk (Richard Heathfield)
Groupes : comp.theoryDate : 20. May 2025, 16:09:16
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On 20/05/2025 15:42, olcott wrote:
On 5/20/2025 2:13 AM, Mikko wrote:
On 2025-05-20 04:24:02 +0000, olcott said:
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On 5/19/2025 5:20 AM, Mikko wrote:
On 2025-05-18 20:19:19 +0000, olcott said:
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You keep the strawman fallacy.
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A straw man fallacy is a (usually) correct refutation of something.
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The strawman fallacy is stipulated to be incorrect
that is what the word "fallacy" means.
Argument:
The two shorter sides of a right angled triangle, when squared, sum to the square of the longer side.
Strawman:
Squares don't /have/ a longer side.
The strawman is correct in what it claims. It is incorrect as a relevant rebuttal to the argument, which is about triangles, not squares.
And you both KNOW this, for pity's sake!
In the 70s, the teacher would have banged your heads together.
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