illectrility@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 months agoSchool is just one simplification after the othersh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarelogicbomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI wouldn’t even try to defend OP, but I once heard someone say that if you have more than four apples, then it is also definitely true that you have four apples.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoIt’s technically correct, like saying at least 4 people died from covid.
minus-squareLightdm@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoMore specifically: “4 people died from covid” is also true
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoWhat if there’s a worm in one of them? Like, you think you habe more than four apples. Then you find out that most of them have worms. In the end, you are left with two apples. So now, it is not true that you have four apples.
I wouldn’t even try to defend OP, but I once heard someone say that if you have more than four apples, then it is also definitely true that you have four apples.
It’s technically correct, like saying at least 4 people died from covid.
More specifically: “4 people died from covid” is also true
What if there’s a worm in one of them?
Like, you think you habe more than four apples.
Then you find out that most of them have worms.
In the end, you are left with two apples.
So now, it is not true that you have four apples.