Sage advice

[laladonny]

Whatever doesn't kill you will make you stronger.
Except for bears. Bears will kill you.

[jfgw]

I don't follow this.

Let set A be anything which kills you;
Let set B be anything which strengthens you.

From the clause, "Whatever doesn't kill you will make you stronger", we know that anything not in set A must be in set B.
It follows that anything not in set B must be in set A otherwise it would violate the first clause as cited above.
Note that this clause does not preclude any element or elements from existing in both sets A and B.
From the second clause, "Except for bears", we can infer that bears are an exception to the first clause and, therefore, exist outside of both sets A and B. We, therefore, have four areas:

1. Elements in set A only: Things that kill you but do not strengthen you;
2. Elements in set B only: Things that strengthen you but do not kill you;
3. Elements in both sets A and B: Things that both kill you and strengthen you.
4. Bears.

However, this is in direct contradiction to the third clause: "Bears will kill you" as this places bears in set A. Bears, therefore, belong either in area 1 or area 3 as listed above.


Julian F. G. W.

[TUK020]

Except Teddy Bears

[AleisterCrowley]

Whatever doesn't kill you will make you stronger.

The logically-consistent exception is polio,

[jfgw]

Whatever doesn't kill you will make you stronger.

The logically-consistent exception is polio,

I'm sure there are many exceptions. The first premise is clearly false.

Last time I checked, I had not been killed by a bears. This is not proof that the third premise is false as it is still possible but, based upon how other people in my vicinity have died, I conclude that the third premise is probably false.

If the first and third premises are both false, it seems Very unlikely that the second premise could be true. We, therefore, probably have three false premises and a logical inconsistency.

Things are not looking too good for the O.P.

Julian F. G. W.

[TUK020]

Humour is like a kitten.
It rarely survives dissection

[UncleEbenezer]

Things are not looking too good for the O.P.

Looking good for us, though. The OP, if not dead after posting, is stronger. Either way, we're spared the jokes of the weak.

I don't think I can bear it if that's wrong.

[stewamax]

But if you kill your for(e)bears you may never have existed - A.Einstein (perhaps)