I want to formally write a complaint that you guys are intentionally stealing points from me when we play scategories.
Take for example; last night. There was a question that asked us to name something that was in the refrigerator that starts with an N. My answer was “nothing”.
You, my esteemed scategories cohorts refused to accept this answer on the case that you felt that nothing was not something.
Try as I might to help you see the error of your ways by asking you to describe nothing without giving it attributes or qualities which are both necessary and sufficient condition for the being of somethingness, you could only describe nothing by describing something – thus proving my point – and yet, not gaining me points.
I therefore post these three forms of Propositional Logic to affirm the truth of my statement that nothing is really something, and demand a recount of my points! 🙂
Disjunctive Syllogism
Either Nothing is Nothing or Nothing is Something
Nothing is not nothing
Therefore Nothing is Something
Hypothetical Syllogism
If I can describe an object called nothing, then the object called nothing has attributes and qualities
If the object called nothing has attributes and qualities then it must exist as something
I can describe the object called nothing therefore it must exist as something
Modus Ponens
If an object called nothing has descriptive qualities then the object must exist
The object called nothing has descriptive qualities
Therefore the object called nothing exists
If an object exists then it can be included in a set called something
The object called nothing exists
Therefore the object called nothing can be included in a set called something
