On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 at 12:16, Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues <
josch@debian.org> wrote:
Quoting Holger Levsen (2026-08-20 11:54:34)
> On Thu, Aug 20, 2026 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Aigars Mahinovs wrote:
> > It is a basic failure of logic. If you claim that "all dogs are black" and
> > [...]
>
> It is a basic failure of logic. If you claim that "smoking kills" and I show
> you a smoker who's alive...
>
> The bullshit talk about 'green AI' reminds me of exactly that.
>
> More doctors smoke Camel than any other cigarette. (1949 television
> commercial)
Situation: you want to convince an audience of "A" somebody else wants to
convince the audience of "not A". You make five arguments for "A". The other
person finds that one of your five arguments is not exactly correct. This must
mean that "not A" is correct.
It does not matter how many arguments you present arguing that "all swans are white". The existence of even a single black swan is sufficient evidence to disprove that.