----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 4:39 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: CNN Breaking News
> Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > > Julia wrote: > > > > > > There's a typo here -- I know you didn't mean "auction", > > > (...) > > > > > Of course not! "auction" is a word no sane non-English > > speaker would ever write. Wait a minute!!! I wrote it! > > Which means logically that... > > > > Alberto Monteiro the Insane!!! > > Then if you talk about ebay, are you insane? :) > > Julia the inquisitive Well, using logic, we find that statement is true. If "A" then "B" can be translated as B or ~A. So, we can parse the sentence given above as Alberto doesn't talk about ebay or Alberto is insane. Since Alberto is insane, the statement is true, whether or not he talks about ebay. Dan M.
