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You wrote, "So lets settle this: Do contradictions exist?"
NO THEY DO NOT! You say they do.
Anyway, once you calm down and scroll back we can talk.
Remember? You said that the law of contradiction ( that contradictions cannot exist ) isnt a law.

I love this Philosophy Now site!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9tE9djKKFg
Anyway, I thought it best to end with a touch of humor.

You wrote, "
If contradictions are impossible (like God) then why are you even talking about them?"
because it is important to classify logical fallacies.
Anyway, like I said, when you calm down I will be back.

You wrote, "Probably because you can't actually produce a contradiction. Because they don't actually exist." Then you comment about the law that says that no contradictions can exist with, " It's not "self-evident". I am saying the precisely opposite thing! There is no such ...

You wrote, "Obviously you are going to attack my peculiarity now."
I never called you peculiar. I asked you to think before you post.

ahh now you are reversing your position. I WAS THE ONE THAT SAID CONTRADICTIONS ARE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE REAL WORLD!

You wrote,"So you are agreeing then, that the "law" of non-contradiction is a stupid law in a universe in which contradictions are impossible?" I was making the point that you could call it stupid because it is self-evident. So you are willing to abandon logic and its explosion p...

You are obviously not following the conversation. Scroll back and ponder.

Next you will say that the earth is not flat because Euclidian geometry is only one particular geometry. Sure, if you invent another particular geometry where "straight" is defined as the longest possible distance between 2 points, perhaps the earth is flat. But even then that is not a con...

As you say, in this particular geometry ( taxi cab geometry ) . In taxi cab geometry a straight line is one full of perpendicular steps. I do not accept that definition . Sure, if you change the definition of "straight" you can say anything without contradiction. Besides you are conflating...

Hmm so since I live 80,000 miles from New York and also 2,000,000,000 miles from New York ( depending the geometry I am using ) that is a contradiction. So I can name any amount of miles!!! Contradictions are open to interpretation. Which is exactly what you are doing. It is a straight line. it's n...

Skepdick wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:23 pm

raw_thought wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:23 pm OK I live 80.000 miles from New York city, whatever.

Is that on a surface of a sphere, or if you dig a direct tunnel through Earth?

No I took a lot of perpendicular steps. I used taxi cab geometry.

Hmm so since I live 80,000 miles from New York and also 2,000,000,000 miles from New York ( depending the geometry I am using ) that is a contradiction. So I can name any amount of miles!!!

But wait I live 200,000,000,000 miles from New York city also!!!

OK I live 80.000 miles from New York city, whatever.