-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Dober wrote: |> 1. P ¢ª Q Premise |> 2. P ¢ª (Q ¢ª ¢ÌP) Premise | De falsum quodlibet, nice try ;) | IOW You can prove anything with a wrong premise as false -> X is | always true indeed what you proved was | false -> (P && !P) | which is correct of course. Outside of propositional logic, yes. But I did warn that this doesn't necessarily apply, too, and provided a link for thorough critique of the proof by the reader. :) | Is it really called an axiom? An axiom cannot be proven, it should be | called a Theorem. Sorry, my mistake. It *is* a theorem. Still a misnomer since the theorem is more of a paradox. - -- Phillip Gawlowski Twitter: twitter.com/cynicalryan ~ "When life gives you a lemon, make lemonade." -Susie "I say, when life gives you a lemon, wing it right back and add some lemons of your own!" -Calvin -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkgHYacACgkQbtAgaoJTgL9mbgCgkK2JMounvNuucP9HMaLPHcvC YjoAn2okGjTi/OAGWGiz5kQl5hm6w0f3 =zHaV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----