Conversation Between colcolstyles and Sunkern
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  1. Sunkern
    July 8th, 2010 1:07 AM
    Sunkern
    I guess it'd be too much of a pain in the ass to try to use process of elimination if there are too many choices.

    Oh XDDD
  2. colcolstyles
    July 7th, 2010 5:26 PM
    colcolstyles
    I suppose you have a point, though it only works when you have a finite number of solutions.

    Yeah, I knew what you meant. I just like making pointless arguments. :)
  3. Sunkern
    July 7th, 2010 5:07 PM
    Sunkern
    As far as I know, that's usually how it goes, but you can find what's correct by knowing what it isn't. The process of elimination can give you the correct answer by…well, eliminating the wrong 'answers'.

    I couldn't find a better word :(
    What I meant was by defining what's incorrect you can get to a more accurate conclusion of what is correct based off of logical conclusions.
  4. colcolstyles
    July 7th, 2010 4:36 PM
    colcolstyles
    But something is incorrect because it is anything other than what is correct (i.e., incorrect != correct). But if correct is unknown, then incorrect must be unknown as well because incorrectness depends upon correctness. Criteria for what is correct is necessary to exclude anything and thus label it incorrect.

    Also, where does truth factor into any of this? o_0
  5. Sunkern
    July 7th, 2010 4:26 PM
    Sunkern
    Sometimes you can define what's correct by what it isn't, or at least get closer to the truth.
  6. colcolstyles
    July 7th, 2010 12:31 PM
    colcolstyles
    But without a definition of correctness, how can you define incorrectness?