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minus-square@PortosianlinkEnglish9•edit-25 days agoa= “birds are dinos” b= “dinos are reptiles” c= “birds are reptiles” Structure: If a then b, therefore c a does not imply b without an additional statement (which we can assume from the rest would be “because birds are reptiles”) You’ve basically just said birds are reptiles because birds are reptiles
minus-squareNegativeNullOPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 days agoI see. Thank you you for that explanation. I was letting inference do some heavy lifting. (and yes, I’m not a great communicator)
a= “birds are dinos”
b= “dinos are reptiles”
c= “birds are reptiles”
Structure: If a then b, therefore c
a does not imply b without an additional statement (which we can assume from the rest would be “because birds are reptiles”)
You’ve basically just said birds are reptiles because birds are reptiles
I see. Thank you you for that explanation. I was letting inference do some heavy lifting. (and yes, I’m not a great communicator)