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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  4383 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Algebra Necessary?

Let's stop tripping over the term "logic," shall we?

IF it gets cold when it rains, AND it is raining, THEREFORE it will be cold. That's "logic." Technically it's "Boolean algebra" but FFS, it's also "logic."

"Algebra" doesn't mean "symbols." It means "solve for the unknown." "Solving for the unknown" is a daily activity for people who think. Not only that, but the argument isn't "let's stop teaching reasoning" it's "let's stop teaching ALGEBRA" which, by your logic, we don't need.

And, simply put, you're wrong. There aren't that many more ways I can illustrate the wrongness of your thinking because it requires a basic understanding of symbolic logic and I'm guessing you suck at algebra.





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kleinbl00  ·  4383 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You keep saying that, but you keep using arguments that do not hold up and that you make no effort to defend. And that is why this conversation will not continue.

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NotPhil  ·  4383 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, what you just did is not boolean algebra, and it's not symbolic logic either. Why don't you just admit that you misspoke in the first place? You really meant "logic," didn't you?