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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Mike Terry Proves --- How the requirements that Professor Sipser
 agreed to are exactly met
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 16:09:16 +0100
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On 20/05/2025 15:42, olcott wrote:
> On 5/20/2025 2:13 AM, Mikko wrote:
>> On 2025-05-20 04:24:02 +0000, olcott said:
>>
>>> On 5/19/2025 5:20 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>> On 2025-05-18 20:19:19 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> You keep the strawman fallacy.
>>>>
>>>> A straw man fallacy is a (usually) correct refutation of 
>>>> something.
>>>
> 
> The strawman fallacy is stipulated to be incorrect
> that is what the word "fallacy" means.

Argument:

The two shorter sides of a right angled triangle, when squared, 
sum to the square of the longer side.

Strawman:

Squares don't /have/ a longer side.

The strawman is correct in what it claims. It is incorrect as a 
relevant rebuttal to the argument, which is about triangles, not 
squares.

And you both KNOW this, for pity's sake!

In the 70s, the teacher would have banged your heads together.

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Richard Heathfield
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