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Re:Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without Electrons by tux3 on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @06:46AM (#38444744)
Classic syllogistic fallacy, too!

    All electric currents transport charges
    Students transport charges
    Therefore, students are electric currents
Aristotélēs wouldn't approve of this one.
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Re:Metals: Where Electricity May Flow Without Electrons by mydogcanpurr on Tuesday November 28, 2023 @03:00PM (#38450428)
No, it’s valid reasoning.

  All things that transport charges are electric currents.
  Students transport charges.
  Therefore, students are electric currents.
It could be that we disagree on what it means to define something.
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