Sure, but the point is that the same argument applies to the flipside: everyone could’ve written essays like “X is fun” or “Y is fun” without contradiction. But they chose “hard” instead. Why?
Sure, but the point is that the same argument applies to the flipside: everyone could’ve written essays like “X is fun” or “Y is fun” [...] But they chose “hard” instead. Why?
There were sixteen other students in the class. For all we know, theses about fun things could have been in the majority.
without contradiction.
If you accept what I wrote in the GP, where do you see a contradiction in the four statements? And if you don’t, could you try to articulate why?
There were sixteen other students in the class. For all we know, theses about fun things could have been in the majority.
Yeah, maybe.
If you accept what I wrote in the GP, where do you see a contradiction in the four statements? And if you don’t, could you try to articulate why?
No, no I don’t think you had a contradiction either. I was just saying that you could do the same thing with “fun.” And maybe other kids did, as you say.
Sure, but the point is that the same argument applies to the flipside: everyone could’ve written essays like “X is fun” or “Y is fun” without contradiction. But they chose “hard” instead. Why?
There were sixteen other students in the class. For all we know, theses about fun things could have been in the majority.
If you accept what I wrote in the GP, where do you see a contradiction in the four statements? And if you don’t, could you try to articulate why?
Yeah, maybe.
No, no I don’t think you had a contradiction either. I was just saying that you could do the same thing with “fun.” And maybe other kids did, as you say.