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THE POET AS SCIENTIST

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The Geek's Raven
[An excerpt, with thanks to Marcus Bales]

Once upon a midnight dreary,
fingers cramped and vision bleary,
System manuals piled high and wasted paper on the floor,
Longing for the warmth of bedsheets,
Still I sat there, doing spreadsheets:
Having reached the bottom line,
I took a floppy from the drawer.
Typing with a steady hand, I then invoked the SAVE command
But got instead a reprimand: it read "Abort, Retry, Ignore".

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Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Practical Application of the Liar's Paradox

An informal presentation of the liar's paradox
effectively proves that there is no absolute truth:

"So, you know you're right?"
"Certainly."
"Then, you know when you're wrong?"
"Of course."
"Then, when you're wrong, you're wrong about it?
"What? No, when I'm wrong I'm right!"
"That doesn't make any sense."

posted by Jerry Kraus at 7:48 AM

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