endoself comments on Rationality Quotes: January 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: HonoreDB 04 January 2011 04:05:38AM *  1 point [-]

By the principle of explosion, all fallacies are the same.

(∀P,Q ((P->Q) ^ Q) -> P) <-> (∀P,Q ((P->Q) ^ ~P) -> ~Q)

Comment author: endoself 04 January 2011 04:18:13AM 2 points [-]

That depends on the definition of same. All fallacies imply each other, but the premises and conclusions in these two should be represented identically by a computer.