Ten Commandments of Logic

[elleng]

[uriel1972]

1. Well, this will be popular... nt

[LiberalArkie]

2. I totally disagree. This is outrageous heresy. Every TRUE believer knows that there are only 9.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. Yeah, that's what they'd *like* you to believe. nt

[LiberalArkie]

4. Yea, probably so. I have a hard time with rules and stuff anyway.

[underpants]

5. You can see all of those every 30 seconds on Fox News

And other MSM too

[MohRokTah]

6. Logical Fallacy Ref Says you are short many commandments and demands you post the full list!

OOPS!, Looks like I goofed with my Reply Title:

[Igel]

7. True, there are many more.

But it's like telling somebody who's trying to get kids to do arithmetic that there's math.

And once you're done with calculus of a single variable, there are diff. eqs.

Then multivariable calculus. And partial diff. eqs.

With Fourier and LaPlace transforms.

Or more real analysis.

Then you dig into Euler's equation and Cauchy's theorem and do complex analysis.

And let's not forget differential geometry.

And so on and so forth.

Even if you know there's more beyond vector calculus, you don't want to scare the poor li'l tykes. Much less if you're trying to get the high-schoolers to be able to solve 3x = 3/9 without getting the answer "x = 3".

Although moving the goalposts is a really good contender for Commandment #11.

[hunter]

8. Euler's equation is a tautology.

The deeper you go in math, the more you realize it all is. Useful only so far as it is useful.

I look at everything that way.

There are no "goal posts." The universe is what it is; there is no game.

[BKH70041]

9. Oh Please!

It's exactly the overwhelming number of those types of posts here that keep this place somewhat entertaining. And the owners view it as revenue enhancing, no doubt. So 2 thumbs down.

[elleng]

10. 'Oh please' to you, too.