lew@ihlpa.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.) (09/19/86)
. . > > Remember, "vertibrates evolved from invertibrates", and "thumbs evolved to > make it easier to handle toilet paper" are tautologies, not 'facts'. > . . > Regards, > > Ken Arndt A tautology is a statment that is "true by virtue of its logical form alone" ( Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary) or as I understand it, true by definition, or trivially true. For example, "All bachelors are unmarried" is a tautology. I look forward to having Ken explain how his examples qualify as tautologies. I will be amazed if he retracts his claim that they are. Lew Mammel, Jr.