Yhn first seen 16 h ago, last 2 h ago, peak #21
The complement of true is true, except when it's false
A blog post titled 'The complement of true is true, except when it's false' is drawing attention on Hacker News. The title plays on classical logic, where the negation of a true statement is false, and the exception presumably concerns cases like missing or undefined values where negation does not behave as expected. Commenters appear to be engaging with the paradoxical phrasing and the underlying logic or programming issue it describes.
Why now: The counterintuitive title invites debate about logic, truth values and edge cases in programming.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 51 snapshots from 16 h ago to 2 h ago.
Evidence
- The complement of true is true, except when it's false · aw1621107 · 67
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