Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> >> How can I answer your question in a mathematically correct
> >> way, if I can't understand what you mean?
> >>
> >> For example, do you want to know if I am an insane (conspiracy theorist)?
> >> Do you want to know if I am an (insane conspiracy) theorist?
> >>
> >> The two are quite different, IMHO
> >
> > Actually, Alberto, you can only tell us if you are kidding. Insane people
> > who believe in conspiracy theories don't usually realize they are insane.
> >
> The paradox of the lier? An insane people _can_ tell some other
> people that he is insane, because he may thing that the other
> people belongs to The Conspiracy and would not notice someone
> who claims insanity.
>
> Also, an (insane conspiracy) theorist doesn't have to be insane,
> he may, for example, be an anthropologist, sociologist, or
> psychologist, who studies people that believe in insane conspiracies.
Someone insane has a better chance of spotting who's sane and who's not
than a doctor who's supposed to do so. At least, this is what I've
heard anecdotally.
So, unless one of *us* is insane enough, we may have a hard time
deciding on Alberto. ;)
(I don't know how the anthropologist would do....)
Julia
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