Originally posted here by gilgalad
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fundamental numeric identity theorum:
If x = y and y = z, then
x = z
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Originally posted here by Remote_Access
...If a Red M&M = Blue M&M and
Blue M&M = Green M&M
Then a Red = Green M&M

M&M's have an essence and there's millions of those. They're all the same. That's like saying there is only one red M&M and it can't coexist with another one because it has an "essence".
You are saying to fundamentally different things.
If x=y and y=z, then x=z, is very different than a RED M&M being a GREEN M&M.
2+2=4 and 3+1=4, so 2+2=3+1, but RED is not GREEN. Red is a M&M, and Green is a M&M, but red is not green. That is like saying a dog is an animal and a cat is an animal, therefore a dog is a cat.

R_A, you have shown one ot the primary fallacies of logic..., one that I should remember the name of, but then I graduated and as you said, Philosophy taught me to think, not regurgitate. It is also making it very difficult to find a job...(funny that in the current economy no one want a guy with a BA is Philo... ). But as you made that mistake here in the tender loving environment of the Cosmos Forum, you won't make it in class, and perhaps you can: 1 catch someone else on it, or 2 find out the name of it and re-educate me so that I can forget it again.

Negative already beat me to the punch on my comment (as he ususally does), so I had to wait for someone to say something that could draw me back into the conversation.

Good conversation.

Peace,
Dhej