Refutation of Baldy's Law Baldy's Law: Some of it plus the rest of it is all of it. 1. Suppose some of it + the rest of it = all of it. 2. By King's Rule, there's always more of it. 3. Accordingly: all of it – some of it – the rest of it > 0, that is: all of it – (some of it + the rest of it) > 0. 4. Adding some of it + the rest of it to both sides of the relation, we have: All of it – (some of it + the rest of it) + (some of it + the rest of it) > some of it + the rest of it. 5. Or equivalently: some of it + the rest of it < all of it. 6. Therefore, some of it + the rest of it ≠ all of it. Thus, for all values of it, it is never the case that some of it plus the rest of it is all of it.