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		Aeolun on July 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: All People in Canada are the Same Age (1997) I got really confused when they just seemed to assume that. But that doesn’t appear to be what they consider the fallacious step.

brazzy on July 13, 2020 [–]

It doesn't just assume that, it proves it - but the proof has the hidden assumption that there are at least 3 elements in the set (of k+1 elements).

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