#proofbycontradiction — Public Fediverse posts
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Making Sense of Proof by Contradiction [pdf]
#HackerNews #MakingSenseOfProof #ProofByContradiction #Mathematics #Logic #Education
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Making Sense of Proof by Contradiction [pdf]
#HackerNews #MakingSenseOfProof #ProofByContradiction #Mathematics #Logic #Education
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Proof of the non-existence of #magic: consider a magic bag which can only contain bags like itself. The bag can not contain nothing, therefore it contains infinite bags. Given that everyone implementing anything #recursive fucks up like this at least once, any wizard doing this will crash the universe. The universe has not crashed. Therefore magic doesn't exist. #ProofByContradiction
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Proof of the non-existence of #magic: consider a magic bag which can only contain bags like itself. The bag can not contain nothing, therefore it contains infinite bag. Given that everyone implementing anything #recursive fucks up at least once, any wizard doing this will crash the universe. The universe has not crashed. Therefore magic doesn't exist. #ProofByContradiction
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If pointing out the absurdity of someone's argument by taking it to an extreme is a #strawman argument, then take me to the wizard #reddit
#reductioadabsurdum is my favourite Harry Potter spell
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If pointing out the absurdity of someone's argument by taking it to an extreme is a #strawman argument, then take me to the wizard #reddit
#reductioadabsurdum is my favourite Harry Potter spell
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At about 2 am I came up with an elegant #ProofByContradiction. But now I can’t remember what it was I proved. Bother. #mathstodon
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At about 2 am I came up with an elegant #ProofByContradiction. But now I can’t remember what it was I proved. Bother. #mathstodon