Frank and Ernest by Thaves for March 10, 2015
March 09, 2015
March 11, 2015
Transcript:
Euclid: Things equal to the same thing are equal to each other! Frank: That's "Euclid". Some of us call him "Mister Obvious".
TREEINTHEWIND over 9 years ago
I think that’s a stretch………
TREEINTHEWIND over 9 years ago
Or simplistic to the extreme………
Ol Skool over 9 years ago
the rest call him Mr. Oblivious
Manhunter808 over 9 years ago
SOMEbody had to be the first to propose it.
pschearer Premium Member over 9 years ago
As I recall, he included this as one of his “common ideas”, which he would use in his proofs but without the need to prove them. Even more fundamental than an axiom.
gammaguy over 9 years ago
And yet there a loads of people who don’t understand that or who will deny it if it counters their own argument
Max Starman Jones over 9 years ago
Orwell ruined Euclid’s assumption by noting that some things are more equal than others.
shirokuma-mhm over 9 years ago
Wrong.
Assume the following:
All G = E, and
All F = E. However,
“G” does not necessarily equal “F.”
Consider:
All Germans are Europeans, and
All Frenchmen are Europeans. However,
Germans are NOT Frenchmen.
Here's Waldo over 9 years ago
Here’s looking at Eu,clid.
Earnestly Frank over 9 years ago
All things being equal. arithmetic would be a lot simpler.
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
Wow! I learned something I already knew today…
brianastle over 1 year ago
Coffee is a drink, beer is a drink, therefore coffee is beer.