Tree/forest Question...(was Re: Can God...)

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MeB4:
> > OK, here is the all time greatest stumper *I* know:  If three plus
three
> is ten minus two, minus two, how many pancakes does it take to cover a
> Chinese cat?

Sis:
Only one, provided it is LARGE enough!!!!

Me:
The reason it's a stumper is that it causes you to make the wrong
assumption under which you then proceed to the right conclusion. ;-)

The first word in the question is *IF*.  When one proceeds to establish the
CONDITIONS that must be satisfied by the word if, the ONLY answer to the
question is: "three plus three IS NOT ten minus two, minus two."

Gramatically there are 14 letters in the first statement and 19 in the
second so there cannot be identity on this account alone.  One might then
wrongly assume that the two are identical on a mathmatical basis but this
too is wrong. Consider that the EQUATION: 3+3 is not IDENTICAL to:
(10-2)-2.  These two very DIFFERENT equations yield the same RESULT when
reduced and indeed can be said to be EQUIVALENT: 3=3 EQUALS (10-2)-2, but
to say that one equation IS the other would be totally false.  Therefore
the right answer is: "Three plus three IS NOT ten minus two, minus two!"

Sis:
> Sis (even the banker could "figger" this one out!)Perine

Me:
Well...

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