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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
