On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Charles Zeitler <cfzeitler(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>
> > So what you're saying is, it's not valid for me to assume that
you're a
> > member of homo sapiens?
> >
> yes. given a set of assumptions, valid ( or invalid ) deductions and
> arguments
> can be made- but the assumptions *themselves* are neither valid nor
> invalid.
Other than to smugness, this pedantry is not really useful. If you insist,
you can read it as "that's not a reasonable assumption to make".
Rahul
ok, dude, what makes an assumption reasonable? unreasonable?
cfzeitler
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Do what thou wilt
shall be the whole of the Law.