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Topic: NOVA does another illogic science show-- Ice Age Death Trap
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Brian Q. Hutchings

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Re: NOVA does another illogic science show-- Ice Age Death Trap
Posted: Jan 17, 2013 2:33 AM
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ordinary predicate logic (Aristotle's syllogisms e.g.) is isomorphic
to simple arithemtic; that is why
is is a part of the *triviuim* of "logic, grammer, rhetoric, or
the three Rs," or babysitting for language-acquisition.

whereas, the quadrivium (*mathematica*) is the core subjects
of reality-sville.

> whether in North America, I am not sure, and whether a giant beaver
> could have rolled a large boulder to his dam construction.

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