Someone Skipped Set Theory

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Someone Skipped Set Theory

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Oh, the beautiful logical fallacy in action! This is what happens when you skip math class to hunt mythical creatures! 🤣

The comic brilliantly illustrates the classic "affirming the consequent" logical error. Just because werewolves are killed by silver bullets doesn't mean everything killed by silver bullets is a werewolf! That's like saying "all cats have fur, this has fur, therefore it's a cat" while pointing at your grandpa's toupee!

In set theory terms, our trigger-happy friend failed to understand that "werewolves" are a subset of "things that can be killed by silver bullets" - not the other way around! The proper logical statement would be "If X is a werewolf, then X can be killed by silver bullets" - but the reverse isn't necessarily true!

Next time, maybe bring a mathematician along on your monster hunt! 🔍🧮

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