A daft one for the summer but a wonderful example of the value of simple English and sound logic.
You may remember this from doing the rounds a few months ago …
Well, we all get the idea – the bad one and the good intention behind it – but just how did this particular road to hell get thus paved?
Leave a comment | tags: Boolean logic, Formal logic | posted in Computer Science, Computing
Another silly one, this month; it’s summer, it’s hot and time is short both for writing and reading. Even computer scientists are allowed time off …
OK then …
“To be, or not to be, that is the question” [Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1; William Shakespeare]
So, if that’s the question, what’s the answer? Let’s see if we can use a bit of Computer Science logic to give the poor prince a hand …
Leave a comment | tags: Boolean algebra, Boolean logic, Hamlet, Shakespeare | posted in Academia, Computer Science, Education, Mathematics, Philosophy
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