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To: VadeRetro
"False tautology?" A rose is not a rose?

Yup, your statement is false because tautologies are proof of nothing. They are just rhetorical deceits.

304 posted on 09/27/2001 7:02:23 PM PDT by gore3000
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To: gore3000
Yup, your statement is false because tautologies are proof of nothing. They are just rhetorical deceits.

Forgot what you were talking about? You might at least have re-read before posting.

Actually, Godel's statement--not mine--in post 223 which you termed a "false tautology" was neither false nor a tautology. It points out that statistically improbable things happen all the time, even on demand. Every shuffle of a deck of 52 cards is a one-in-52-factorial outcome. That's one out of 52 times 51 times 50 times 49 times 48 and so forth down to times one. Nevertheless, every time you shuffle a deck and deal, you get one such result.

"False tautology" remains an oxymoron.

306 posted on 09/27/2001 7:14:18 PM PDT by VadeRetro
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