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If the premises are false, then any conclusion is always TRUE!
Attually®, premises can be true or false, conclusions can be valid or invalid and a true conclusion can result validly from false premises.
All lizards have feathers
All robins are lizards
Therefore: All robins have feathers.
The conclusion is both valid and true but the premises are both false.
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