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

Well, the reason you

    Fucking

    Said

    "Symbolic logic."

is because you don't know what you're talking about.

Here's symbolic logic:

[(p ⊃ q) ∧ (q ⊃ r)] ⊃ (p ⊃ r).

And here's algebra:

(x² + y²)² = (x² - y²)² + (2xy)²

They are only vaguely related. You can't reasonably expect anyone to learn about one from being taught the other. And both are of limited utility if what you want is to learn to reason.





kleinbl00  ·  4383 days ago  ·  link  ·  

...and ignored.