Re: The Baen library

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Mon Dec 23 2002 - 11:49:12 MST


> (Michael P. Read <mpread@cox.net>):
> Makes sense to me. However, I have never heard of the "law of the
> excluded middle."
>
> Mike Read

It is nothing but the axiom of logic that either A equals B, or
A does not equal B; there is no "middle" or third alternative.
It's a mathematical axiom that lots of people like to mistakenly
apply to real-world things where it is utterly irrelevant, as it is
here. Much the way people misinterpret Godel as saying something
about human knowledge. It is natural, and tempting, but dangerous,
to take small specific ideas and make them grand theories.

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Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/>
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