Monty Python deductive reasoning for a Witch (or Fuses, Cables etc)
- We know this women is a witch because she looks like one.
- We know this women is a witch because she dresses like one.
- We know this women is a witch because she has a wart.
- We know this women is a witch because she turned someone into a newt.
- One burns witches.
- One burns wood.
- Witches burn because they are made out of wood.
- Bridges are made of wood.
- However, bridges are multiply realizable. They can be built from stone. [Implied] Building a bridge out of the woman will not determine that she is made of wood.
- Wood floats in water.
- A duck floats in water [bread, apples, very small rocks, cider, gravy, cherries, mud, churches, lead].
- If the women weighs the same as a duck, then she is made of wood.
- The women weighs the same as a duck.
- Therefore, the woman is a witch.