RE: Are you with Leibniz or Cicero?
May 31, 2016 at 6:48 am
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2016 at 6:52 am by Gemini.)
(May 31, 2016 at 5:47 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: I don't like binary choices, only a Sith lives by absolutes.
Philosopher: "P."
Sith: "No."
Jedi: "No."
Philosopher: "Okay then. Not P."
Sith: "Yes."
Jedi: "No."
Sith: "Um...what? You know you have to chose between P or not P. If you're not with P, you're against it!"
Jedi: "Only a sith deals in absolutes! What if I want to chose both P and not P? Or maybe neither P nor not P?"
Sith: "Don't you realize what will happen if you do that? All propositions will become true. You'll be a sith!"
Jedi: "Okay then. I'll eliminate the disjunctive syllogism."
Sith: "You can't go around eliminating valid forms of deductive reasoning just to maintain your harebrained logic!"
Jedi: "Oh, go build a death star."
A Gemma is forever.