Astrogirl wrote:Lethal, nobody wants to know about your herpes.
Lethal Interjection wrote:That's good to know. I can avoid a few awkward phone calls now.
theory wrote:Isn't the point that this dude is so pathetic he is resorting to an obviously fallacious proof by induction?
AmagicalFishy wrote:The Induction Step
Assume Q(m) is true for all m.
lahvak wrote:What you probably wanted to say is "for some m".
AmagicalFishy wrote:I've never heard of the sand heap in that paradox having an infinite number of grains, though; is that something I've just been missing?
The problem with a sand heap is that a sand heap has an infinite number of grains of sand in it, that's why an induction like this cannot work.
Furius wrote:The problem with a sand heap is that a sand heap has an infinite number of grains of sand in it, that's why an induction like this cannot work.
Do you mean "indefinite"?
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