Do you drive too fast?

echnaton Posts: 3,122	Do you drive too fast? Aug 9, 2011 10:18:53 GMT -4 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by echnaton on Aug 9, 2011 10:18:53 GMT -4
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Do you drive too fast? Aug 9, 2011 11:03:43 GMT -4

Post by coelacanth on Aug 9, 2011 11:03:43 GMT -4

Aug 9, 2011 10:18:53 GMT -4 echnaton said:

Saw this one (or a similar one) IRL years ago. I also knew someone who showed an appalling inability to get it, and who was convinced it was a logic joke - since the premise is false, the if-then implication was true, regardless of the truth of the conclusion.

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lukepemberton Mars Posts: 475	Do you drive too fast? Aug 9, 2011 11:10:45 GMT -4 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lukepemberton on Aug 9, 2011 11:10:45 GMT -4 Or the other car is reversing into you at high speed. It's all relative.
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Data Cable Posts: 1,351	Do you drive too fast? Aug 9, 2011 11:18:25 GMT -4 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Data Cable on Aug 9, 2011 11:18:25 GMT -4 Corollary: "If this sticker is infrared, then I am driving too fast."
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coelacanth Venus Posts: 45	Do you drive too fast? Aug 9, 2011 12:35:30 GMT -4 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by coelacanth on Aug 9, 2011 12:35:30 GMT -4 Wow, if I double-click to the right of the photo, it gets highlighted, and then it is a bit blue ...
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Jason Pluto May all your hits be crits Posts: 5,579	Do you drive too fast? Aug 9, 2011 22:34:21 GMT -4 Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jason on Aug 9, 2011 22:34:21 GMT -4 My answer is always that I drive just fast enough.
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Post by echnaton on Aug 9, 2011 10:18:53 GMT -4

Post by coelacanth on Aug 9, 2011 11:03:43 GMT -4

Post by lukepemberton on Aug 9, 2011 11:10:45 GMT -4

Post by Data Cable on Aug 9, 2011 11:18:25 GMT -4

Post by coelacanth on Aug 9, 2011 12:35:30 GMT -4

Post by Jason on Aug 9, 2011 22:34:21 GMT -4