On Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 12:00:10 AM UTC+1, Brent wrote: > > > > Imagine a universe that is the set of all triangles. That means that a law > of this universe determines that only triangles can be members of this > universe. Surely it would be a logical inconsistency if a circle was a > member of this universe. > > > No. It would mean you were mistaken that this universe had only triangles. >> > > No, there can be no non-triangles in the set of all triangles. > > Then you were mistaken to hypothesize a circle in that universe. >
Just to show you that you were mistaken to hypothesize a pink elephant in a universe in which it doesn't exist. To hypothesize a pink elephant in a universe in which it doesn't exist is like to hypothesize a non-triangle in the set of all triangles. Your hypothesis was contradictory and so it doesn't correspond to reality. -- 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.
