28 August 2000 - to be misunderstood
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Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “To be great is to be misunderstood.”
Since the dawn of civilization, bad poets and bureaucrats have
worked for greatness by working to be incomprehensible.
I think that modus ponens must be a great rule of inference—look
how often it is misunderstood!
clue:
Modus ponens is what you’re using when you say “Where there’s
smoke there’s fire, and I see smoke.”
give me a clue so sweet and true
copyright 2000, 2024 Jay J.P. Scott
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