alt Hacker Newsby the same following, this would mean that any statement on the members of an empty set can be made and it would be logically true?
e.g. "all my lamborghinis have magical goat skin seat covers" is true if 1) I have no lamborghinis or 2) All the ones I own have magical goat skin seat covers.
(fr I have no logical or mathematical background)
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MrMcCall • 12/09/2024
I don't have formal logic or any math beyond calculus, either, and it appears that this fact is to our advantage.
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mewpmewp2 • 12/09/2024
Yes, your statement would be true.
semigroupoid • 12/09/2024
Yes
Correct.
Common source of confusion/trickery/divergence between ordinary language and formal logic.
Edit: Logically speaking, the following two are equivalent:
They married and had kids.
They had kids and married.