Showing posts with label logic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label logic. Show all posts

Thursday, November 30, 2023

The Only Way

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And I just felt these characters who I don't have rights to would fit so nicely in this comic.
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 A favorite annoyance in superhero movies is when the main character says "it's the only way!" when it's really not the only way, it's just the most convenient way for the plot. I'm remembering a cartoon clip where something bad is coming to Earth and Superman offers to move Earth out of the way to which Batman replies something like "I don't have time to list all the reasons why that's a terrible idea." 

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S: It's the only way!
B: That cannot possibly be true.
S: ... It's the only way that I'm willing to try.
B: Clearly.

Sunday, March 6, 2022

Frog Eyes

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 Closing your eyes when swallowing does not mean you are a frog, but keeping your eyes open when swallowing means you are not a frog! Do you know why frogs close their eyes when swallowing? Their eyeballs help push their food down their throat! Ew.

I kind of want to draw a Venn diagram to illustrate the logic here, but basically all frogs close their eyes when swallowing (draw a small circle labeled 'frogs') and many non-frog things close their eyes when swallowing (draw a large circle around the small circle and label it 'things that close their eyes when swallowing'). 

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A: Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open.
B: So if you close your eyes when swallowing, you might be a frog!
A: ...technically, yes. 

Thursday, January 30, 2020

Logical Protest


In computing, the ! is the 'not' sign and denotes flipping the value, so !true is false. Also, <> can mean unequal, which is sometimes expressed like !=, so 'not <>' means equality (which is either == or === depending on your language). Computer scientist probably shouldn't make protest signs, it could lead to mixed signals.

Happy almost Birthday to my father-in-law!

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Title: A Logical Protest
Sign 1: !HAPPY
Sign 2: YOU'RE !COOL
Sign 3: <> with a red slash through it