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- From: ggr@nareen.acci.com.au (Greg Rose)
- Subject: Re: I think therfore I am...
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- Organization: Australian Computing and Communications Institute
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- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 05:45:56 GMT
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- In article <9232000.12614@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> warwick@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (WarFish) writes:
- >scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher) writes:
- >>"It does not think therefore it is not."?
- >
- >Nope. A implies B does not imply not A implies not B. :-)
- >
- >(A => B) =/> (not A => not B)
- >
- >The statement merely says that because "I" think, "I" exist. It says
- >nothing about the case where "I" don't think. It doesn't say that "I" need
- >to think for "I" to exist (sorry :-), but neither does it say that "I" can
- >exist without thinking (hey, don't worry, I'm confusing myself here too).
-
- However, it does imply the contrapositive:
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- "I am not, I don't think"
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- not to mention the contraindecisive:
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- "I think, therefore I might be confused"
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- and the postcontrapositive:
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- "I stink, therefore I was",
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- and of course
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- "I post, therfore I get spelling flames" (see Subject:).
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- I wish I could remember who (was it Chris Tam) first said:
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- "I'm pink therefore I'm Spam".
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- Greg Rose Australian Computing and Communications Institute
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