Re: surrogate factoring


jstevh@xxxxxxx wrote:
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Unfortunately, two sci.math posters have lied about what happens when
you complete the square twice creating a gap.

That gap has left the world in a quandary as the stock markets of the
world tread water.

When it's realized that I am right, the stock markets will correct, and
I don't know, but I suspect the world will do its own justice against
the two sci.math posters who lied.

Just in case you missed it:

That does not logically follow.

JSH is claiming that
(1) If RSA is broken, then the stock market will crash.
(2) The stock market is crashing.
Therefore
(3) RSA has been broken.

This is not valid reasoning; most people here will allow (1) and (2).
However, if P implies Q, and Q is true, then you CANNOT deduce that P
is also true.

For instance:

(1) If JSH lives in Alaska, then he lives in the USA.
(2) JSH lives in the USA
"Therefore"
(3) JSH lives in Alaska.

Again, (1) and (2) are true, but (3) is false. This is the same flaw in
logic, in another setting.

Of course, JSH will now call me a liar for saying he lives in Alaska,
missing the whole point.

--- Christopher Heckman

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