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Here’s a logical diagram of the MIMS hit song “This is Why I’m Hot,” which goes in part “I’m hot cuz I’m fly, you ain’t cuz you not.”

Q.E.D!

I actually think the diagramming they use in the piece is pretty lame, and as a former logic major, I’ll try to get a few moments to actually schematize the central tautology of the song. OK, that’s the nerdiest sentence I’ve written in a while.

Christopher Hayes is the Washington, D.C. Editor of The Nation.

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