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Date: Sun, 1 Feb 1998 10:37:02 -0500
From: Eric Yost <103423.421-AT-CompuServe.COM>
Subject: PLC: Name That Fallacy!


Speaking of non sequitors and other errors, what's this one?

In junior high school geometry class, my teacher asked:

"Eric, please write the proof of this theorem on the blackboard."

I responded:

(1) You've asked me to write the proof of this theorem on the blackboard.
(2) Therefore there must be a proof of this theorem.
(3) Therefore the theorem is true. 


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