Your statement is correct but misses the point

Re:Your statement is correct but misses the point by INGELRII on Monday April 13, 2020 @07:44AM (#22854943)

Very true. Two very frequent argumentative errors in online comments are:

1) refuting argument with counterexample.

2) refuting causal argument with alternative cause.

Very few things in the world is universally true without exceptions or universal. Words all or everyone do not imply universal quantification (∀) in normal use of language.

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Re:Your statement is correct but misses the point by kd5bjo on Monday April 13, 2020 @08:21AM (#22855184)

Sorry, I can’t resist being pedantic on a post about pedantry. The symbol you used translates loosely as “there exists an x”; I’m pretty sure you meant the upside-down A (“for all/every x”)

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Re:Your statement is correct but misses the point by throwaway49494 on Monday April 13, 2020 @10:03AM (#22855891)

Maybe the poster meant that the words don't imply ¬∃¬

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Re:Your statement is correct but misses the point by INGELRII on Monday April 13, 2020 @09:43AM (#22855758)

True. Corrected.

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