RE: On Logic and Alternate Universes
November 6, 2016 at 4:41 pm
(This post was last modified: November 6, 2016 at 4:43 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 6, 2016 at 4:32 pm)Rhythm Wrote: -In the hypothetical universe- the identity of the sum of 2 and 2 is 5. "Itself"...in the hypothetical universe, is 5, not 4. 5 is not a label for 4, it is 5. 5. Five. 2+2=5, in that universe. End of. Speak to that, or speak to something else, like how it -can't- be 5, and such a universe can't exist....and pitch straw.
You're the one equivocating here because you're talking about the labelling. Two things and two things can't actually be more than what two things and two things actually is, which is four, yes we can LABEL two things and two things as "5" but that's where you're making a use/mention error and equivocating. 2+2 can never =5 but we can redefine or label the answer to 2+2 as "5". But "2+2" now is called "5" doesn't mean 2+2=5.
