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Comment by tr352

9 years ago

Yes it does. In fact, in classical logic, A->B is equivalent to !B->!A. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraposition

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spookyuser  9 years ago

Exactly.

A consequence of this being true is the Raven Paradox [1], seemingly the OP has solved the classic riddle in a HN thread.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_paradox

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