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To: r9etb; LogicWings

I didn't believe it possible, but it is. You are that thick.

The White Crow Fallacy is not about the existence of White Crows.


788 posted on 11/14/2005 9:42:53 AM PST by furball4paws (One of the last Evil Geniuses, or the first of their return.)
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To: furball4paws
The White Crow Fallacy is not about the existence of White Crows

Gasp!!! I actually understood that before you so kindly elucidated. Golly. I must not be that thick after all!

Of course, the name itself is suggestive -- it banks on the supposed scarcity of White Crows, and the related difficulty of proving that the statement of non-existence is true.

I posted the picture to make an ancillary point; namely, that there is no need to continue trying to prove the truth of a statement that has already been shown to be false.

I'm guessing that you're not too thick to understand that.

790 posted on 11/14/2005 9:57:42 AM PST by r9etb
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To: furball4paws
I didn't believe it possible, but it is. You are that thick. The White Crow Fallacy is not about the existence of White Crows.

I didn't believe you were so thick that I thought it was. Oh, well.

831 posted on 11/20/2005 9:31:15 PM PST by LogicWings
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To: furball4paws

Sorry furballs. I was writing on reflex before retiring. Missed the CC to me. Guess I'm "that thick." At least my wife says so.


832 posted on 11/20/2005 9:35:26 PM PST by LogicWings
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