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Thadius -> RE: I need advice... (9/13/2008 3:15:11 PM)
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I would be wary, and prepare yourself for her using the following tools against you.
http://www.jyi.org/resources/humor/proofs.html
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The usual techniques for proving things are often inadequate because they are merely concerned with truth. For more practical objectives, there are other powerful - but generally unacknowledged - methods. Here is an (undoubtedly incomplete) list of them:
Proof of Blatant Assertion:
Use words and phrases like "clearly...,""obviously...,""it is easily shown that...," and "as any fool can plainly see..."
Proof by Seduction:
"If you will just agree to believe this, you might get a better final grade."
Proof by Intimidation:
"You better believe this if you want to pass the course."
Proof by Interruption:
Keep interrupting until your opponent gives up.
Proof by Misconception:
An example of this is the Freshman's Conception of the Limit Process: "2 equals 3 for large values of 2." Once introduced, any conclusion is reachable.
Proof by Obfuscation:
A long list of lemmas is helpful in this case - the more, the better.
Proof by Confusion:
This is a more refined form of proof by obfuscation. The long list of lemmas should be arranged into circular patterns of reasoning - and perhaps more baroque structures such as figure-eights and fleurs-de-lis.
Proof by Exhaustion:
This is a modification of an inductive proof. Instead of going to the general case after proving the first one, prove the second case, then the third, then the fourth, and so on - until a sufficiently large n is achieved whereby the nth case is being propounded to a soundly sleeping audience.
Then again if it doesn't matter, does it really have any mass? [;)]
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