Author: Tina Long
Date: 04:41:22 06/19/00
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On June 18, 2000 at 20:48:56, Albert Silver wrote: >On June 18, 2000 at 16:30:04, James wrote: > >>Paper/scissors/rock ..... > >It CAN work that way, but one can't CONCLUDE that. > >Here's one I learned as a kid: > >1) All that is very rare is valuable. >2) A horse born with one eye is very rare. >3) Therefore a horse with one eye is valuable. > > > Albert Silver Hi Albert, In Australia I learnt that one as a Horse born with only two legs (I wondered if that was on one side or diagonal) ....is not valuable. Perhaps the difference is in the lack of subtlety of we Aussies. Meanwhile your arguments about Proof are blatently Correct. Cheers, Tina Long En Passent
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