[whatwg] the cite element

Erik Vorhes erik at textivism.com
Tue Oct 6 13:36:48 PDT 2009


On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM, tjeddo <tjeddo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Erik, Just so you are aware in the future, reductio ad absurdum (aka
> proof by contradiction)
> is a legitimate technique used in mathematics and logic to deductively
> prove statements.
> I'm not sure your usage of that phrase is correct or common--that is,
> to simply call someones argument
> absurd.  If you realize that someones argument is absurd it means you
> have identified at least
> one invalid statement in the argument.


Apologies for the error; in both instances I meant to use "slippery slope."


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