It's another case of, "If I squint just right at the wording of the rules and ignore every other piece of context, I can make a circle look like a square." These come up from time to time, and they are briefly interesting as thought exercises, but not many minds are changed by the discussion.
It's another case of, "If I squint just right at the wording of the rules and ignore every other piece of context, I can make a circle look like a square." These come up from time to time, and they are briefly interesting as thought exercises, but not many minds are changed by the discussion.
Yeah, this is one of those "the round peg does fit in the square hole, but that wasn't what you are supposed to do," situations.
It is hard to argue that the "then" of an if/then sentence still applies when the "if" doesn't.
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It's another case of, "If I squint just right at the wording of the rules and ignore every other piece of context, I can make a circle look like a square." These come up from time to time, and they are briefly interesting as thought exercises, but not many minds are changed by the discussion.
"Not all those who wander are lost"
Yeah, this is one of those "the round peg does fit in the square hole, but that wasn't what you are supposed to do," situations.
It is hard to argue that the "then" of an if/then sentence still applies when the "if" doesn't.