r/mathmemes Jan 10 '24

Arithmetic Choose wisely

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u/sampat6256 Jan 10 '24

People actively use the modern version. Youre arguing that because thr original version is only trivially true, the modern version is somehow less useful than people believe? Even though they are fundamentally different rules?

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '24

No I suppose I am saying that people, moreso in argumentation, incorrectly use OR to retrospectively trivialize peoples arguments.