On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote:
> > I am talking about YOUR STATEMENT, taken in isolation, strictly from a > logical point of view. I am NOT TALKING ABOUT what Rossi can or cannot do. > Apart from everything else, why on earth would you want to do that? This is a practical situation-- not a debating society or a discussion about rules of logic. > I am not even talking about the content of your statement! > Well then, please do talk about it. Seems to me, that's the issue! > I am saying that as a rule of logic, all assertions much be falsifiable, > and you cannot test or falsify this one. You cannot prove that some person > out in the world knows how to accomplish X, Y or Z. > Maybe you didn't intend to phrase that this way? Of course you can prove someone can accomplish X, Y and Z. By finding someone who can and showing that they can. You would have have to ask every stage magician on earth before determining > whether this is true. That is impractical. > I don't see what you're getting at. Or why or what it has to do with this discussion? > If you don't understand, then I suggest you read a book about logic. This > is fundamental. It is about LOGIC and NOT THE PARTICULARS OF THIS CASE. > Nothing to do with Rossi. > OK, maybe someone else can explain it to me in sixth grade terms I can understand. My last formal logic class was sometime ago.
