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Everything in the universe is either a potato, or not a potato.

potatoman

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Potato practically means "thing that is viable for a recipe that calls for a potato" or "thing that a restaurant customer will find acceptable as a potato". I'd be fine being served a sweet potato if I ordered a potato, but my friend wouldn't.
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https://existentialcomics.com/comic/268

lj

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This is only true when applying LEM, usually when you use classical logic. And we can't expect "everything" to be studied only by classical logicians. See: https://en.arguman.org/everything-in-the-universe-is-either-a-potato-or-not-a-potato/35422
VenwelinjaMiNare

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What if a potato is placed in a perfect blender with apples? Apples are not potatoes, but when they are mixed with potatoes, what are they?
u8y7541

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Proposed modification: Everything in the universe either has parts which belonged to a potato at one point or did not.
gappleto97

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Potatoes aren't elementary particles. This means that potatoes are also not potatoes.
nathar1234

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Assuming the universe is infinite, there are infinite possibilities of "things" existing. Therefore, there is "something" within the universe that is simultaneously a potato and not a potato. "Schrodinger's potato" if you will.
cyriljhicks

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The word potato may have multiple meanings. A type of root is the most common, but calling something or someone a potato can mean a certain appearance or intellect. This renders that target as concurrently both potato and not potato.
dionisos

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"A or not A" is true.
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Fallacy Of The Beard
Goobsguy

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2 but
What if there's other universes? There may be other universes where everything is a potato, and another one where potatoes don't exist.
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Logic

gappleto97

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http://i.imgur.com/t9Kkt8h.jpg
AFX

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what about hash browns and french fries
zmt

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3 but
How about a fraction of a potato? If I cut a potato in half, it does not constitute a whole potato and therefore not **a** potato (but rather part of one), but, at the same time, is still made of potato, and is therefore potato. Therefore, it is not black and white.
JustTrying

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What type of potato though?
daft_monk

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What about part of a potato? the atoms within a potato? a potato is an illusion. the universe is one thing. namaste.
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buddha buddha buddha buddha rockin everywhere

daft_monk

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Potatoes are delicious.
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my taste buds

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Irrelevant Conclusion
jacobutley

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Nothing fits the form of a potato, so nothing is a potato.
ArizTrad

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2 supporter.
Only on the internet can people argue about potatoes
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