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===Archetype congruity=== | ===Archetype congruity=== | ||
In a rare example of what we call “archetype congruity”, ''all'' tax lawyers are [[subject matter expert]]s, and ''all'' tax lawyers are [[tax ninja]]s. In formal logic this can be expressed as follows: | In a rare example of what we call “archetype congruity”, ''all'' tax lawyers are [[subject matter expert]]s, and ''all'' tax lawyers are [[tax ninja]]s. In formal logic this can be expressed as follows: | ||
'' | :''(x)(TLx ⊃ SMEx ⊃ TNx)''<br> | ||
Where: | :Where: | ||
:x = Any person | |||
:TL = Tax lawyer | :TL = Tax lawyer | ||
:SME = [[Subject matter expert]]; and <br> | :SME = [[Subject matter expert]]; and <br> | ||
:TN= [[Tax ninja]]. | :TN= [[Tax ninja]].'' | ||
This is because they necessarily are in fact, but because they necessarily are ''as far as anyone else can tell''. For no-one who ''isn’t'' a tax lawyer can bear the prospect of getting close enough to the topic to know whether a self-professed tax expert knows what she is talking about and, as such, there is no independent means of determining what a given tax position is other than by asking a tax lawyer — any tax lawyer — to tell you, and thereafter that answer cannot be gainsaid. | This is because they necessarily are in fact, but because they necessarily are ''as far as anyone else can tell''. For no-one who ''isn’t'' a tax lawyer can bear the prospect of getting close enough to the topic to know whether a self-professed tax expert knows what she is talking about and, as such, there is no independent means of determining what a given tax position is other than by asking a tax lawyer — any tax lawyer — to tell you, and thereafter that answer cannot be gainsaid. | ||