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It's demonstrating the implications (principle of explosion) of a contradiction being allowed in a system of formal logic. You can change "suppose both are true
by ewoodrich 6mo ago
It's demonstrating the implications (principle of explosion) of a contradiction being allowed in a system of formal logic. You can change "suppose both are true" to "suppose the rules of a logical system permit stating both are true".
- apsurd 6mo agoAh, that last line made it make sense, thank you! > You can change "suppose both are true" to "suppose the rules of a logical system permit stating both are true". It's calling out a potential flaw in the system and whether we want to do anything about it.