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by 0xdeadbeefbabe 4449 days ago
Don't forget the food they might have eaten: an appetizer of salami and mimolet followed by shwarma with lots of red onions in it.

Successful people affirm the consequent [0]. For example, naming your language "D".

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirming_the_consequent

Edit: add scholarly footnote and tighten up language.

1 comments

"Successful people affirm the consequent" - Not sure what you mean here; you're linking to a description of a logical fallacy.