On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote:
> > you see an ambiguity in the use of pronouns, and you show it > And Bruno Marchal sees that ambiguity too, otherwise Bruno Marchal could prove John Clark wrong by just replacing every personal pronoun with the proper noun it refers to. That would be very easy to do, but then the weakness of the argument would be exposed for all to see. > > > in an explanation which withdraw the 1p - 3p distinction that was used. > > I reply by gently explaining to you that the ambiguity results from your > forgetting of the 1p - 3p distinction. > Well, at least is was "your forgetting" rather than the more usual "you confuse", but the trouble is in explaining the 1p - 3p distinction Bruno Marchal makes extensive use of the future perfect tense and of course of the personal pronoun "you", even though Bruno Marchal knows that a "you" duplicating machine is going to be used in the future. And yet Bruno Marchal says the meaning of the word "you" remains as crystal clear as if it were used in the present tense in our everyday world that lacks a "you" duplicating machine. And that just doesn't work. Bruno Marchal will respond to this by saying John Clark is forgetting (or confusing) the 1p - 3p distinction, and in explaining the 1p - 3p distinction Bruno Marchal will make extensive use of the future perfect tense and of course of the personal pronoun "you", even though.... > > > It is a bit more sophisticate when we do the math > No, math does not make the argument one bit more sophisticated because math is not magic and one universal principle still holds true, garbage in garbage out. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
