Teenyboone, wrote, "But is your statement logical?"
It is sometimes convenient to know the opposite truth of a statement. That is, you may want to know if a number x is not less than 10. The not operator is simply "!" Therefore, to know if x is not less than 10 you use the statement "if (!(x<10))".
The misnomer is then compounded with, "Inquiring Logical minds want to know!"
Honey, this is the absolutely wrong thread for such a mind to be wandering unsupervised.
Why Should Inquiring Minds Want to Know?: Meno Problems and Epistemological Axiology
Meno: In that case, I wonder why knowledge should be so much more prized than right opinion, and indeed how there is any difference between them.
Socrates: Shall I tell you the reason for your surprise, or do you know it?
Meno: No, tell me.
Socrates: It is because you have not observed the statues of Daedalus. Perhaps you don't have them in your country.
Meno: What makes you say that?
Socrates: They too, if no one ties them down, run away and escape. If tied, they stay where they are put.
Meno: What of it?
Socrates: If you have one of his works untethered, it is not worth much; it gives you the slip like a runaway slave. But a tethered specimen is very valuable, for they are magnificent creations. And that, I may say, has a bearing on the matter of true opinions. True opinions are a fine thing and do all sorts of good so long as they stay in their place, but they will not stay long. They run away from a man's mind; so they are not worth much until you tether them by working out the reason. That process, my dear Meno, is recollection, as we agreed earlier. Once they are tied down, they become knowledge, and are stable. That is why knowledge is something more valuable than right opinion. What distinguishes one from the other is the tether.
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