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Tuesday, Jun 4, 2024
A → B
X → A
X → A → B
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X → B
You can also think of it as:
If A, then B
x is a part of A
Therefore, x must also be a part of B
A → B:
- If I am at Lake Minnetonka (A), then I am in Minnesota (B)
xA:
- I was purified (x) in the waters of Lake Minnetonka (A)
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xB:
- Therefore, I was purified in Minnesota
Also, x has A, not the other way around (same with B)
It's not RS → F because that's just not what the sentence is saying.
You have to take the Only If grammatically literal--Plumbers can fly, ONLY IF they wear a raccoon suit.
The way "Only If" is presented indicates a necessitated restriction--it's similar to "on the one and only condition that". This is entirely different than what "If" would indicate.
If there's a flying plumber, it means he must be wearing a raccoon suit because the raccoon suit is the ONLY way that a plumber can fly.
Imagine we translate the sentence as RS → F:
Just because you see a plumber wearing a raccoon suit, doesn't mean he can fly. Imagine you see your plumber wearing a raccoon suit for Halloween. Can he fly? No.
Now, imagine we're in Q1.1's universe and we finally see a real flying plumber!
Based on Q1.1's laws, I know that in order for him to be flying, he must be wearing a raccoon suit.
Another short example--imagine in our universe:
I can breathe only if there's oxygen.
If there's oxygen present, does that require me--wherever I am in the world--to 100 percent, absolutely, without a doubt be breathing? No. What if I'm dead? What if I'm holding my breath underwater?
But, if I am breathing, then we know with absolute, 100 percent certainty, that there is oxygen present because that's the only way breathing is possible.