If unicorns don't exist...
If unicorns don't exist...
...how can they have horns?
Re: If unicorns don't exist...
If unicorns don't exist then their horns don't exist. Since they both don't exist a unicorn can have a horn.seremtan wrote:...how can they have horns?
Re: If unicorns don't exist...
Exactly. A non-existent thing can have any property, so long as it's logically possible. Paul Atreides can be the kwisatz haderach. Frodo can have pointy ears. Duke's girlfriend can have a third nipple. And so on.Survivor wrote:If unicorns don't exist then their horns don't exist. Since they both don't exist a unicorn can have a horn.seremtan wrote:...how can they have horns?
Believe it or not this was a question in an old Oxford entrance exam paper.
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