No, I didn't put all in front of it. You did.
All I said was ALL voters were American. Bush won. Americans voted for him. Americans elected bush. See how that works out? > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 5:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: So, does anyone still trust these guys? > > > sorry, someone was yelling in my other ear when I wrote that. Let > me try to be clearer without dragging Venn diagrams into it. > > you seem to be saying > > Voters elect an election winner > All voters are American > > Therefore Bush (an election winner) was elected by all Americans. > > Negative. All voters are American (hopefully, as you said) but > not all Americans are voters. Nor are all Americans who want to > be voters able to be voters. Your logic can also be refuted by > questioning whether elections as they are currently taking place > in the US actually have anything at all to do with voters and votes. > > An example of a valid if false logic, by the way -- > > All voters are eagles > Maureen is a voter > > Therefore Maureen is an eagle > > Whereas, if I read you correctly, your logic is closer to > > All voters are eagles > Maureen is an eagle > > Therefore Maureen is a voter > > See? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > despite your salary she is right about the fallacy -- though I differ > > somewhat it my opinions from hers. > > > > Do it with Venn diagrams and you will see it. Your logic only holds if > > you put ALL in front of A and B. And at that point you have a clearly > > false, if logically valid, statement. > > > > Dana > > > > >OK, Prof. > > > > > >How? > > > > > >Dead City Skinhead (G.E.D. Graduate making 6 figures) > > > > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:208981 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
