On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Stathis Papaioannou <stath...@gmail.com> wrote:
The question is “what city will I see tomorrow”. > I know, and it's gibberish because if tomorrow "I" doesn't mean a person who remembers being asked that question today then even Mr. I doesn't know what "I" will refer to tomorrow. > > > You know what a city is, > Yes. > > you know what seeing is > Yes. > > you agree that I will survive > There is no agreement on that. Stathis Papaioannou will survive, but unfortunately John Clark doesn't know who Mr. I is so has no opinion on what the fate of that gentleman will be. > > > But “I” is singular, > Exactly, and "I" has been duplicated so that personal pronoun can no longer be used by anyone who isn't a great fan of gibberish. > > > a single person cannot see both cities, > How is that relevant? The question concerns the future and remembering asking the question in the past, and a single person doesn't meet those specifications, two people do. > > Imagination is limited by logic - I can’t imagine a square circle because > it is meaningless. > So is asking what *one *and only *one* city *"I"* will see after *"I" *have become *two*! > > > But I can imagine seeing one or other city with 1/2 probability; > I can't. After it's all over I can imagine having see n Moscow or having not seen it, but I can not imagine half seeing Moscow and half not seeing it. And probability has no meaning if you can't specify what the probability is about, and if it's what Mr. You will or will not see then you can't because even Mr. You doesn't know what Mr. You means with all those Mr. You duplicating machines around. > > > it is meaningful, it is what I anticipate will happen, > I expect to see Santa Clauses workshop. Unlike questions all statements about expectations are meaningful, but not all of them turn out to be true. John K Clark -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
