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Club of Obvious Truths

February 27, 2018

A lax bouncer lets every claim into the club of 'obvious' truths without checking, a jab at statements called 'obvious' without proof.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-02-27-club-of-obvious-truths/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Transcript

[Title] "AT THE CLUB OF 'OBVIOUS' TRUTHS..."

Bouncer 1: "So you haven't been checking IDs at all? Just letting everyone in?"

Bouncer 2: "I mean... why would something pretend to be obvious when it isn't?"

Bouncer 1: "You are the *worst* bouncer."

Topics
Logic & Proof › Proofs & TheoremsLogic & Proof › RigorLogic & Proof › Logic & Reasoning
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High SchoolCollege
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