On 14 May 2014 07:21, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12 May 2014, at 00:56, LizR wrote: > > On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 4:24 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> I think you could tell that the article was almost certainly >>> worthless from the title alone because it is asking the wrong question. >>> There is a vastly better question, *Is Intelligence Computable?* >>> >> > >> > OK, although I am not sure a question can be wrong. >> > > A question can be badly defined. For example, who is the king of France? > > > If there is a king of France, I am the king of France, I think. By > Classical Propositional Calculus, assuming there is no king of France. > > Well, no! ... some people pretend that there *is* a king of France, even > two, already, but not (yet?) recognized, or re-installed. In France, some > people do disagree on who is the king of France, I heard once. > > Or are unicorns pink? > > Those on our planet seems to be both pink and not pink. > > Or have you stopped beating your wife? > > No. I didn't. > > She loves that. > > The submissive person is the main ruler, you know. >
Don't I just :-) > > I get your point Liz. There is no wrong question, but yes, there are > question badly formulated, and even question which create the problem, etc. > Some polls are racists. The drug "problem" is an example where "seeing a > problem" *is* the problem. > > There was a good example of this in the TV show "Yes Prime Minister"... Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the rise in crime among teenagers? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes. Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Do you think there is lack of discipline and vigorous training in our Comprehensive Schools? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes. Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Do you think young people welcome some structure and leadership in their lives? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes. Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Do they respond to a challenge? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes. Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Might you be in favour of reintroducing National Service? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Er, I might be. Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes or no? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu> [survey two] Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Mr. Woolley, are you worried about the danger of war? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes. Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Are you unhappy about the growth of armaments? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes. Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Do you think there's a danger in giving young people guns and teaching them how to kill? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes. Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Do you think it's wrong to force people to take arms against their will? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes. Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Would you oppose the reintroduction of conscription? Bernard Woolley <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288621/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: Yes. Sir Humphrey Appleby <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001329/?ref_=tt_trv_qu>: There you are, Bernard. The perfectly balanced sample. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
