On Wed, 3 Aug 2011 15:20:22 +0100, CM Poncelet wrote: >I am proving by 'reductio ad absurdum' that if the assertion is true, >then its consequences are absurd: and hence that the assertion is false.
What consequences? In what way are they absurd? Hint: To show that something is absurd, it is not sufficient to explain why you don't like it or how you think that it should work. In logic, "absurd" has a specific meaning. An example of an absurd statement is "0 = 1". -- Tom Marchant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
