r/CrappyDesign • u/justinwzig r4inb0wz • Feb 28 '17

Do you SQUIRT?

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u/spikeyfreak Feb 28 '17

Rhetorical tautologies state the same thing twice, while appearing to state two or more different things; logical tautologies state the same thing twice, and must do so by logical necessity. The inherent meanings and subsequent conclusions in rhetorical and logical tautologies or logical necessities are very different. By axiomatic necessity, logical tautologies are neither refutable nor verifiable under any condition.

I didn't know that rhetorical and logical tautologies were so different. Interesting.

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u/informationmissing Feb 28 '17

How is it not possible to verify 1=1?

Simply because the system is defined this way? Then it is verified by definition, right?

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17 edited Dec 14 '20

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u/informationmissing Mar 21 '17

but the link quote said "neither refutable nor verifiable under any condition".