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Old 2010-11-05, 19:34   Link #5083
einhorn303
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Originally Posted by AuraTwilight View Post
This is the stupidest attempt at a logical fallacy ever.

"Forgers theorize X" so X isn't true, does not mean "forgers theorize Y", so Y isn't true. I don't know if you know this, but people can theorize things and be correct. Shocking, I know.
I think you're misinterpreting me. I'm saying that the logical form Judoh implied (broken down into predicate logic) of:

∀x believes(forgers,x)⇒¬x

Doesn't hold in real life, since it leads to those absurdities. So my point is exactly yours that: "People can theorize things and be correct."

Or, more specific to this situation:

"The fact that forgers theorize Erika survived doesn't mean that Erika didn't survive."



Anyways, I think one important point is that if the Red Truths don't apply to Rokkenjima Prime, and you can only rely on the fallible and possibly false clues of white text, than one can't say:

"Erika did not exist on Rokkenjima Prime. This is a fact."

One can only say:

"I don't believe that Erika existed on Rokkenjima Prime. This is my subjective opinion."

You can speculate a truth about Rokkenjima prime, but you can't prove a truth about Rokkenjima prime.
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