• yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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    9 days ago

    (a <=> b) <=/=> [(b => TRUE) <=> a]

    This is a critique of honor societies which do not serve a point in proving someone’s “honor”. The college requirement is essentially: Join this club to prove you have joined this club. Anyone can join an “honor” society without demonstrating anything related to honor, meaning:

    ([Joining an honor society] => TRUE) <=> [Being allowed to join college]

    Being allowed to drive a car implies having a license and having a license implies being allowed to drive a car. Neither of these implies TRUE - in an ideal world at least.

    By the way, TRUE is a tautology because it is always true, which is the definition of a tautology. Unnecessary repetition is not a requirement of a tautology.