Nothing Happens
In which Rat falls to a logical fallacy
Good time of day, humans!
Growing tired of the economy and politics, we decided to make use of the last few warm days in these parts.
On a pedantic note, the mistake Rat is making here is known as «the fallacy of exclusive premises» — attempting to arrive at a conclusion from two negatives.
I used to have a vague memory of our logic prof referring to it as «Rebecca fallacy» — from a supposed Medieval mnemonic for E-E-A (invalid) syllogism type; but now I’m unable to find any evidence of there ever being any mnemonics for invalid syllogism types (of which there are great many). Am I making stuff up?
Rat and his cousin do a lot of thinking. Maybe they should take up transcendental meditation for a while. Refresh their connectedness with the universe and everything. Then Rat might realise that doing nothing is actually action if it is applied in the right moment.
This made me laugh out loud. My favorite one so far.