On Mar 10, 2009, at 6:30 PM, Bryan Stout wrote:
This conversation has gone on far, far too long. It needs to die.
Actually, I've found the discussion quite interesting. The
accusations that have begun, though, are uninteresting and
unnecessary.
I agree.
What we've been missing is the appropriate term for such statements:
"Vacuously true." There is a very interesting article about it here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuous_truth.
Thank you for that. Now we may all agree to disagree, and then agree
that each Master must solve this particular riddle for themselves,
hopefully by crafting only rules that are unambiguous, even for empty
sets. :)
Disagreements are almost inevitable. Let's just have them with good
will and humor.
Indeed!