Although - actually - let me take back the bit about facts & fictions...
Basically because - no matter how many facts there turn out to be, imagination can always subvert, manipulate, and combine them into new and other forms - therefore even if the overall number of facts are, for example, n - then I think the fictions would outnumber them :) But the issue isn't just outnumbering I guess - it's got to do with the strangeness... Which gets more complicated - because essentially, few fictions are considered 'strange' simply because we're cognizant of them being fictions. Facts are given more 'strangeness' by the simple fact that they are not only interesting, but true. Hmm... Okay, I'm back on the fence about this ;) Omar On 6/13/07, Micah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Omar, > > The statement is valid, the object found is always in the last placed you > looked, because the search ends with the object, further searching makes > no > sense. The statement "it was in the last place I looked" an overstatement > of > the obvious. Just a statement that is odd, not inaccurate like "fact is > stranger than fiction", which is only true if you have no imagination. > > Wouldn't a set of possible locations for a lost item always be infinite > until the item is found? How many possible locations would render an item > lost? > > Micah > > > > > > Actually, 'it was in the last place I looked' can be a perfectly valid > statement when the possible locations for an object form a finite and > closed > set. For example - if you're searching for something in a set of 5 > drawers, > then if you search 4 drawers and find it in the 'last' one, then yes, it > was > indeed in the 'last place'. > > It's only nonsensical when the set of possible locations is either > infinite > or open (in the sense that if you don't find it in the drawers you might > assume it might be, for example, in the fridge...)... > > :) > > > > On 6/13/07, Micah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > No, only an idiot would argue with my statement. That line "fact is > > stranger > > than fiction" is one of my pet peeves, and is listed in the manual as > one > > of > > the idiotic statements I am required to correct. > > > > Another example is "it was in the last place I looked" as if anyone > > continues looking after finding a lost item. Check the manual. > > > > Micah > > > > > > > > > > [Krimel] > > Did you really just try to pick a fight with Dave's refrigerator magnet? > > > > > > > > Fact is stranger than fiction...if you have no imagination. > > Micah > > > > > > > > dmb says: > > "the difference between fact and fiction is that it is required that > > fiction > > has to be plausible." > > > > > > > > > > moq_discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
