Re: Is this not logical?

Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Mon, 23 Feb 1998 14:55:04 -0500

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At 11:23 AM 2/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>If A implies B to a degree equal to
>that in which B implies A, then A = B.

No... It means that if either A or B are true, then both are true. This
is distinctly different from A is B.

My weight presses on the floor. The floor exerts a normal force on me.
Both are true, but they are NOT the same fact.

-CALM DOWN-
-IT'S ONLY ONES AND ZEROS-

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