Assume v. Presume

[gomezz]

Only if you mistake "there exists" (∃) to mean "for all" (∀).

 

[Deleted member 473]

Let's not go down that road. By the time you have "defined" a set and a subset and a mapping and a bijection, everyone will have nodded off.

 

[Trev]

I did already. I wish I had never started it now

 

[Deleted member 473]

http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/309823/explain-zermelo-fraenkel-set-theory-in-layman-terms

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/set-theory/ZF.html

 

[Black Hole]

What is the opposite of "ruthless"?

 

[Trev]

Obviously it's ruth

 

[gomezz]

Ruth Archer?

 

[Trev]

I should have said 'ruthmore'

 

[Black Hole]

But if "ruthless" is a lack of ruth, what's ruth (apart from an Archers character)?

 

[Trev]

"having or showing no pity or compassion for others"
Therefore the answer is "pity or compassion for others".

You could argue loads more like "selfless". Is that a lack of "self"?

 

[Black Hole]

On that basis, the opposite of "ruthless" is "ruthish".

 

[gomezz]

How about "pissed" (UK inebriated) and "pissed" (US angry)?

 

[Black Hole]

Picked up in the Americanisms topic here: http://hummy.tv/forum/threads/americanisms.3359/page-6#post-80290

 

[Deleted member 473]

UK "pissed" should mean inebriated and incontinent.

 

[EEPhil]

What is the opposite of "ruthless"?

"This Morning".
"Eh?"
"A popular culture reference m'lord."
On Sky News Sunrise, Eamonn Holmes is Ruthless (without his wife, Ruth). But when presenting This Morning he is often with Ruth.
Oops! I've fallen into one of Black Hole's traps here. This Morning would be the opposite of Sky News Sunrise not ruthless. Drat!

 

[Deleted member 473]

What is the opposite of "ruthless"?

Ruthful.

Try "endless".

 

[Trev]

I see we have wandered back to 'infinity' again

 

[MikeSh]

Ruth Wilson played Alice Morgan in Luther.
Alice Morgan was (is) ruthless.
Therefore Ruth = ruthless

 

[EEPhil]

Ruth Wilson played Alice Morgan in Luther.
Alice Morgan was (is) ruthless.
Therefore Ruth = ruthless

I think your argument has disappeared down a black hole.

 

[MikeSh]

I think your argument has disappeared down a black hole.

I prefer to think my devastating logic is indisputable