aarch0x40@piefed.social to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoMasturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say expertswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square75linkfedilinkarrow-up1369arrow-down15 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squaregedfromgont@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down3·7 days ago If you’ve ever seen a bird masturbate, you absolutely know what that bird is doing. Hilarious statement. So if I have never seen a bird masturbate, I would not know what the bird is doing? Wow.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoAs someone who’s never seen a bird masturbate, I assumed it would look like preening. This sentence clarified that it would not look similar.
minus-squareStarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoThat’s a fallacy: P -> Q does not imply !P -> !Q However, it does imply !Q -> !P: if you don’t know what a bird is doing, you’ve never seen a bird masturbate.
Hilarious statement. So if I have never seen a bird masturbate, I would not know what the bird is doing? Wow.
As someone who’s never seen a bird masturbate, I assumed it would look like preening. This sentence clarified that it would not look similar.
That’s a fallacy: P -> Q does not imply !P -> !Q
However, it does imply !Q -> !P: if you don’t know what a bird is doing, you’ve never seen a bird masturbate.