RE: This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stabs
03-05-2012, 04:56 AM
Not true!
"Yes" means at least one of the disjuncts in the question is true, and "No" means neither disjunct in the question is true.
If you answer "Yes" and you don't give me two million dollars, neither disjunct is true and I don't owe you any money.
If you answer "Yes" and give me two million dollars, then one of the disjuncts is true and I owe you a million dollars.
If you answer "No" and don't give me two million dollars, then one of the disjuncts is true (the one where you answer "No" and don't give me two million dollars), so the correct answer was "Yes" and I don't owe you any money.
If you answer "No" and give me two million dollars, then neither disjunct is true so "No" is the correct answer and I owe you a million dollars.
So, in short, logic is funny.
"Yes" means at least one of the disjuncts in the question is true, and "No" means neither disjunct in the question is true.
If you answer "Yes" and you don't give me two million dollars, neither disjunct is true and I don't owe you any money.
If you answer "Yes" and give me two million dollars, then one of the disjuncts is true and I owe you a million dollars.
If you answer "No" and don't give me two million dollars, then one of the disjuncts is true (the one where you answer "No" and don't give me two million dollars), so the correct answer was "Yes" and I don't owe you any money.
If you answer "No" and give me two million dollars, then neither disjunct is true so "No" is the correct answer and I owe you a million dollars.
So, in short, logic is funny.