• yetAnotherUser
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    7 hours ago

    (a <=> b) <=/=> [(b => TRUE) <=> a]

    This is a critique of honor societies which do not serve a point in proving someone’s “honor”. The college requirement is essentially: Join this club to prove you have joined this club. Anyone can join an “honor” society without demonstrating anything related to honor, meaning:

    ([Joining an honor society] => TRUE) <=> [Being allowed to join college]

    Being allowed to drive a car implies having a license and having a license implies being allowed to drive a car. Neither of these implies TRUE - in an ideal world at least.

    By the way, TRUE is a tautology because it is always true, which is the definition of a tautology. Unnecessary repetition is not a requirement of a tautology.

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nz
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      (in the US) an organization for students with the best grades at school or college. Culture. They can be for general academic achievement or for some specific areas of study.

      Did Oxford dictionary lie to drag?