(urth) I, even I, would celebrate, in rhymes inept the great...

[Brendon Fuhs]

Here is my attempt.

Suppose we are in a universe in which any statement implied by a true
statement is considered false. Thus, if "A is True" and "A => B", then "B
is False". But if we are in such a universe, and the fact that we are in
such a universe implies the relationships we have described between A and
B, then by the nature of implication in that universe, those relationships
can't possibly be true. As it happens, we don't live in such a universe.
Therefore the statement "if A is True and A => B, then B is False" is
perfectly consistent! ;)

I declare this to be Gene Wolfe related because Wolfe likes to use apparent
paradoxes and deliberately slippery logic in his worldbuilding.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Norwood, Frederick Hudson <
NORWOODR at mail.etsu.edu> wrote:

> I notice that none of the "we can never know anything absolutely" team on
> this thread has accepted my challenge to explain how A can be true, and A
> implies B can be true, and yet B can be false.  I think maybe everything
> that can be said on this subject has been said.  I think maybe I'll go home
> and read a story by Gene Wolfe.
>
> Rick Norwood
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