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Valid with False Premises

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A valid argument can have false premises and a false conclusion — validity only promises: *if* the premises were true, the conclusion would be too.

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"All planets are cubes; Mars is a planet; so Mars is a cube." Valid. Absurd, but valid.

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Calling this "invalid" because it's false is the error video 013 warned about.