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Tim Roberts
timr at probo.com
Sun Jun 3 02:40:49 EDT 2001
Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters <mertz at gnosis.cx> wrote:
>
>But if you are not happy with mere physical/empirical impossibility, it
>works equally well for mathematical impossibles:
>
> <2+2=5> IMPLIES <2+3=6>
>
>works fine by application of Peano arithmetic.
This brings to mind an old joke. A philosophy professor lecturing his
class states, "given any false statement, I can prove any other statement."
A student stands up and challenges "OK, given 3 equals 8, prove you are the
pope."
The professor thinks for a moment. "All right, 3 equals 8. Adding 2 to
both sides, we get 5 equals 10. We divide both sides by 5, and get 1
equals 2. Now, I think everyone will acknowledge that the pope and I are
two people. Since we have shown that 1 equals 2, we conclude that the pope
and I are one person."
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- Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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