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 almost 10 years ago
I think that’s a stretch………
TREEINTHEWIND almost 10 years ago
Or simplistic to the extreme………
Ol Skool almost 10 years ago
the rest call him Mr. Oblivious
Manhunter808 almost 10 years ago
SOMEbody had to be the first to propose it.
pschearer Premium Member almost 10 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 almost 10 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 almost 10 years ago
Orwell ruined Euclid’s assumption by noting that some things are more equal than others.
shirokuma-mhm almost 10 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 almost 10 years ago
Here’s looking at Eu,clid.
Earnestly Frank almost 10 years ago
All things being equal. arithmetic would be a lot simpler.
neverenoughgold almost 10 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.