Conditional, Unconditional, Biconditional Love
Four kinds of love expressed in logic: conditional (a theorem with assumptions), unconditional (a tautology), biconditional (iff), and by contradiction.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-01-01-conditional-unconditional-biconditional-love/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
Conditional Love: "'I love you' is a theorem requiring certain assumptions…" · Unconditional Love: "'I love you' is a tautology." · Biconditional Love: "I love you iff you love me." · Love by Contradiction: "Suppose I didn't love you… well, that's a blatant contradiction, because…"