The conclusion is only a conclusion when mated with a premise, otherwise it is an assertion. Typically, in logic, an argument is a series of connected statements culminating in a proof. A conditional statement is logically always true whenever the premise is false. The statement "If general_re has a billion dollars then general_re is a rich man" does not make "general_re is a rich man".
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No, it is a hypothesis for further study.
A conditional statement is logically always true whenever the premise is false. The statement "If general_re has a billion dollars then general_re is a rich man" does not make "general_re is a rich man".
Obfuscation. No such conditional statement exists in this article.