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[edit] Say, assume, induce_________makes no sense.

Is there something missing about being one color? I see nothing to indicate that. The article has as follows: Now assume the truth of the statement for all sets of at most n horses. ... By the induction assumption, all horses in this set are the same color.

If you just assume anything, and it's not true, is that a paradox?

Saying a horse with whatever is a different color is not necessarily true either. There is no establishing these facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.180.38.41 (talk • contribs)

No, you're just missing everything in the article completely. It says at the outset that this is about mathematical induction. If you don't understand what that is (and it certainly appears that you don't), then you won't have any idea what's being said here until you find out what mathematical induction is. There is something called an "induction hypothesis". To find out what that is, read mathematical induction. Michael Hardy 23:37, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

That did not offer any explanation. I see no reason to go to insults & not try to elaborate on the principle at hand. (I hope you don't have offspring, since you exhibit characteristics unbecoming to raising a child.) Thank you for the reference to the induction page. I will read that to educate myself further.

[edit] Re: Enterprise

Freehand and Illustrator have several disadvantages compared to simply using a keyboard. One, I have no wish to download or obtain them; two, I have no wish to learn how to use them; and three, I have no wish to purchase them (assuming they are not free). Nor do I wish to take the trouble to produce such a drawing when I already have a text version. Furthermore, while they may be able to render the Enterprise more realistically; this does not inherently imply a better version. I don't know if you are old enough to remember ASCII art (especially on BBS's) or if this sort of thing ever appealed to you, but I still look back fondly on the simplicity of those renditions and have become quite attached to my Enterprise. Furthermore, a near-realistic depiction of the Enterprise would likely give rise to copyright issues, whereas my ASCII version is probably safe. I appreciate your recommendation; however, I must decline it. I have not noticed any difficulty with or challenges to my credibility, perhaps because I am careful to extensively document my changes and cite my references. Perhaps having the picture makes a small negative impact on my credibility, but the pleasure it gives me far outweighs any distress I might feel at the former and I am quite happy to accept the tradeoff. Please sign your posts, using four tildes. — Knowledge Seeker দ 02:06, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

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