On: Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job?

[exdsq]

> Your writing is not strong, i can tell you did not attend college.

Maybe you're right but this is how I read it.

Alice's writing is not strong -> Alice did not attend college.

therefore

Bob's writing is strong -> Bob did attend college.

[jk7tarYZAQNpTQa → exdsq]

You just fell into a logical fallacy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denying_the_antecedent

On the other hand, what the other user deducted was:

* If you attend college -> You probably end up writing properly

* OP doesn't write properly -> He probably didn't attend college

Which is a proper logical deduction rule called modus tollens. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_tollens

[atuladhar → jk7tarYZAQNpTQa]

I apologize in advance for nitpicking, but since this sub-thread is about usage: it should be "deduced" not "deducted."

[jk7tarYZAQNpTQa → atuladhar]

Thanks for telling me, English isn't my first language and I often make mistakes. I can't edit my comment to correct it.

[exdsq → jk7tarYZAQNpTQa]

Fair enough! Happy to be proved wrong :)