[thechat] Economic Stimulus
Luther, Ron
Ron.Luther at hp.com
Mon Feb 2 14:16:31 CST 2009
erik mattheis noted:
>>Postulate: One cat has eight tails.
>>Proof: No cat has seven tails. One cat has one more tail than no cat.
>>Therefore, one cat has eight tails.
Heh. I love it. Reminds me of:
Theorem: All non-zero positive integers are interesting.
Proof by Contrapositive: Assume not. Then there exists a set of non-interesting non-zero positive integers. This set contains an element which is the smallest member of that set.
Gee. That's a pretty interesting property!
Contradiction. Hence done. Q.E.D.
Cheers,
RonL.
(Who has owned several cats with no tails.)
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