2017-09-29 1:33 GMT+02:00 John Clark <[email protected]>: > On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 4:26 PM, Stathis Papaioannou <[email protected]> > 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. >
Must be difficult to ask you to play coin flip... Can't imagine seeing you wandering how you could see half head, half tail... bad faith always. or peepee ? not sure now, maybe half peepee half bad faith... > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. (Roy Batty/Rutger Hauer) -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
