'Conviction (1)'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
But "this raven is black" doesn't prove that all ravens are black either
That's true. Boolean logic is actually rather limited in the things you can do with it. I mean, it's great for computer programming and math and what-not, but in the real world, NSM.
Raven raven raven.
badger badger badger
Has the word "raven" lost all meaning for anyone else, or just me?
Nevermore.
I've just realized two things: First, I think I went to high school with a "Raven", or possibly more than one. Second, I should've said ~q~p about a page and a half ago when I said ~p~q.
First, I think I went to high school with a "Raven", or possibly more than one.
Were they black?
Nevermore.
Nethernore
(Probably nobody here but me is going to get that, and explaining it would make it the exact opposite of funny)
But "this raven is black" doesn't prove that all ravens are black either, which is I guess where I'm getting hung up
From what I gather it's the paradox inherent in trying to prove the assertion by compiling examples that support it. So you already know the answer.
First, I think I went to high school with a "Raven", or possibly more than one.
Were they black?
First, I think I went to high school with a "Raven",
One of my best friends (from high school no less) has primarily gone by his nickname "Raven" as long as I've known him.
He is most emphatically white.
Today was the day you find out about bedrest leavage, right?
Yup. If I'm really, reeeeeeally lucky, I have just six more days to go, and I'm now officially allowed to leave the apartment and go out and about, provided I don't pick up anything bigger than my head and that I go back home and lie down afterwards. Then I have another appt. next Tuesday to see how the walking thing is working out, and after that I may be able to go back to work half-time, or possibly more. I made a big pointy point of stressedly stressing just how indolent my job is, what a mother hen my boss is, and that the ER is right downstairs.
OTOH, I've just crawled my way out of a three-day bout of severe intestinal distress, I'm down two pounds again, and right now I feel like one of those YouTube kittens with the head-bobbing and the toppling and the utter bonelessness. (Which I also pointed out to the OB, since one of the best ways of dealing with said distress? Physical activity.)
OTOOH, the Halloweenie is still head-down and cheerfully thumpy.
Thus endeth the post of memememeME. Apologies all around.
Thus endeth the post of memememeME. Apologies all around.
PFFFTTTTTT
I'm glad you get to be semi-off bed rest.