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[–] Portosian@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

a= "birds are dinos"

b= "dinos are reptiles"

c= "birds are reptiles"

Structure: If a then b, therefore c

a does not imply b without an additional statement (which we can assume from the rest would be "because birds are reptiles")

You've basically just said birds are reptiles because birds are reptiles

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I see. Thank you you for that explanation. I was letting inference do some heavy lifting. (and yes, I'm not a great communicator)