Google was no help.
42
Stupid cats tuck red bedsheets sideways.
sibeen said:
42
No, what is 6 multiplied by 7? 42?
Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.
;-)
Rule 303 said:
Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.;-)
No, that is a statement, not a question.
Yeah, but you want an answer, not a question…
What?
furious said:
- No, that is a statement, not a question.
Yeah, but you want an answer, not a question…
No I want an answer to which there is no known question.
bob(from black rock) said:
No, that is a statement, not a question.
You asked for an answer to which there is no known question, I gave you one.
tauto said:
What?
No that’s not it.
Yeah, but you complained his answer wasn’t a question when you were in fact after an answer…
Rule 303 said:
bob(from black rock) said:No, that is a statement, not a question.You asked for an answer to which there is no known question, I gave you one.
OK, well your answer is wrong.
bob(from black rock) said:
Rule 303 said:
bob(from black rock) said:No, that is a statement, not a question.You asked for an answer to which there is no known question, I gave you one.
OK, well your answer is wrong.
What was the question then?
qualia generate outputs without a query
Rule 303 said:
bob(from black rock) said:No, that is a statement, not a question.You asked for an answer to which there is no known question, I gave you one.
I gave him one first dammit!
> What is the answer to which there is no known question?
“Nothing is true”.
jjjust moi said:
What is the answer to which there is no known question?
bob(from black rock) said:
Rule 303 said:You asked for an answer to which there is no known question, I gave you one.
OK, well your answer is wrong.
How do you know?What was the question then?
Besides, any answer to the thread question is an answer to a known question so doesn’t qualify…
Everything is permitted.
mollwollfumble said:
> What is the answer to which there is no known question?“Nothing is true”.
The truth is true.
bob(from black rock) said:
jjjust moi said:What is the answer to which there is no known question?
bob(from black rock) said:OK, well your answer is wrong.
How do you know?What was the question then?
Come up with a legitimate question to which the answer is: “Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.”.
bob(from black rock) said:
tauto said:
What?
No that’s not it.
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unknown
bob(from black rock) said:
OK, well your answer is wrong.
OK.
Rule 303 said:
bob(from black rock) said:OK, well your answer is wrong.OK.
Well actually, it is against the rules of English to describe something as both colourless and green.
party_pants said:
bob(from black rock) said:
jjjust moi said:What is the answer to which there is no known question?How do you know?
What was the question then?
I can’t, according to Mr Ishihara I am red/green colour blind, which just opens another can of worms.
Come up with a legitimate question to which the answer is: “Colourless green ideas sleep furiously.”.
Depends on definitions, Green can mean inexperienced…
Her hair was caked with red clay in the tribal way, she had tattoos on her cheeks, and for days she cried without ceasing. Her body heaved with sobs and was wracked with screams of despair, she cried without end and the cracks in the floor flowed with her tears. On the third day, as if she had forgotten her past she stopped crying and wiped her eyes she discovered she had cried so much she washed away her eye lashes and they never grew back.
In her grief she had the answer but the question had been washed away with her tears and eye lashes and so the answer meant nothing, and for ever after, even when her own daughter died, and no matter how her father begged, she never cried again, the answer meant nothing, without a question remembered.
answers without Q’s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia
“In philosophy, qualia (/ˈkwɑːliə/ or /ˈkweɪliə/; singular form: quale) are individual instances of subjective, conscious experience. The term “qualia” derives from the Latin neuter plural form (qualia) of the Latin adjective quālis (Latin pronunciation: ) meaning “of what sort” or “of what kind”). Examples of qualia include the pain of a headache, the taste of wine, or the perceived redness of an evening sky.
Daniel Dennett (b. 1942), American philosopher and cognitive scientist, regards qualia as “an unfamiliar term for something that could not be more familiar to each of us: the ways things seem to us”.
Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961), the famous physicist, had this counter-materialist take:
The sensation of color cannot be accounted for by the physicist’s objective picture of light-waves. Could the physiologist account for it, if he had fuller knowledge than he has of the processes in the retina and the nervous processes set up by them in the optical nerve bundles and in the brain? I do not think so.
Much of the debate over their importance hinges on the definition of the term, and various philosophers emphasize or deny the existence of certain features of qualia. As such, the nature and existence of qualia remain controversial”
party_pants said:
Well actually, it is against the rules of English to describe something as both colourless and green.
On the contrary, the rules of English are fine with it – It’s the rules of Logic that have the problem.
Rule 303 said:
party_pants said:Well actually, it is against the rules of English to describe something as both colourless and green.On the contrary, the rules of English are fine with it – It’s the rules of Logic that have the problem.
And Mr Ishihara, who invented his colour blindness tests.
mollwollfumble said:
> What is the answer to which there is no known question?“Nothing is true”.
I’ll explain. Consider the following dialogue.
Person A: “When one day an expedition was sent to the spatial coordinates that Voojagig had claimed for this planet they discovered only a small asteroid inhabited by a solitary old man who claimed repeatedly that nothing was true, though he was later discovered to be lying.”
Person B: So the answer to the question “What did the solitary old man who lived on a small asteroid at Voojagig’s location say?” is “Nothing is true”.
Person A: That’s not true.
Person B: So the answer to the question “What is the answer to which there is no known question?” is “Nothing is true”.
Person A: That’s not true.
Person B: So every time someone claims they have a question to which the answer is “Nothing is true” …
Person A: … it’s not true. Right.
let there be light
What is the answer to which there is no known question?
UNKNOWN
wookiemeister said:
let there be light
I thought God said that?
bob(from black rock) said:
wookiemeister said:
let there be light
I thought God said that?
wookiemeister said:
bob(from black rock) said:
wookiemeister said:
let there be light
I thought God said that?
someone said it, not sure if its “god” as we know it
Let there be light, and there was light, then it all (the Universe) just turned to shit.
Bob, do you have a specific answer in mind?
bob(from black rock) said:
wookiemeister said:
bob(from black rock) said:I thought God said that?
someone said it, not sure if its “god” as we know itLet there be light, and there was light, then it all (the Universe) just turned to shit.
what is the sound of one hand clapping?
give me five!
Rule 303 said:
Rule, no that’s why I’m asking the question.
Bob, do you have a specific answer in mind?
Video showed what looked like an extensive blaze and the Israeli army called it “a despicable act” of desecration
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-16/palestinians-in-west-bank-set-fire-to-jewish-holy-site/6862210
its cultural vandalism but they are being pushed to the wall
bob(from black rock) said:
Rule 303 said:Rule, no that’s why I’m asking the question.
Bob, do you have a specific answer in mind?
I think there are lots of them.
wookiemeister said:
bob(from black rock) said:
wookiemeister said:someone said it, not sure if its “god” as we know it
Let there be light, and there was light, then it all (the Universe) just turned to shit.
the universe is just fine
Ya should have seen it before this happened.
Gee, Curve is not going to like this thread title.
kii said:
Gee, Curve is not going to like this thread title.
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Why would that be so ?
Wrap text…
furious said:
- Why would that be so ?
Wrap text…
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Oh. Good to see that Kii is up to date on all Curve’s posts.
Apparently thread titles that take up more than one line in vbt are undesirable…
Yep, up-to-date and allowed to make comments about stuff any person posts. It’s okay, we live in a free world :P
I like this question. If there’s an answer to this question, then it’s not an answer to this question. That’s why Rule’s Noam Chomsky quote is wrong: since it’s an answer to the question in the thread title, there is a known question it’s an answer to.
btm said:
I like this question. If there’s an answer to this question, then it’s not an answer to this question. That’s why Rule’s Noam Chomsky quote is wrong: since it’s an answer to the question in the thread title, there is a known question it’s an answer to.
I’ve already explained how to get around that issue. If “Nothing is true” is an answer to this question, then it’s not an answer to this question. By being negatively self referential.
Sometimes my genius astounds me, but it’s only reflected genius, thank you HHGTG.
btm said:
I like this question. If there’s an answer to this question, then it’s not an answer to this question. That’s why Rule’s Noam Chomsky quote is wrong: since it’s an answer to the question in the thread title, there is a known question it’s an answer to.
Damn. Got me on a technicality.
What if I posted it in a different thread?
The answer?
One of them is both the same.
Woodie said:
The answer?One of them is both the same.
The answer is the question?
Woodie said:
The answer?One of them is both the same.
Yes, yes…
Half a dog…
:-)
Rule 303 said:
Woodie said:
The answer?One of them is both the same.
Yes, yes…
Half a dog…
:-)
I can only get two thirds of dog.. do or og
I haven’t read the full thread, so I hope this hasn’t been said before, but:
In the same way that:
“This statement is false”
is false if it is true and true if it is false, so
if you provide a valid answer to the question:
“What is the answer to which there is no known question?”
that answer immediately becomes invalid, because it is an answer to the question:
“What is the answer to which there is no known question?”
so it is not an answer to which there is no known question.
So it is.
So it isn’t.
and so on …
roughbarked said:
Woodie said:
The answer?One of them is both the same.
The answer is the question?
To be or not to be. That is the question.
Too early in the morning for for all of filly-lossi-gal type stuff, Mr Woodie…
I haven’t had my coffee yet.
words call on things, ‘em’s want’n steer
needin’ an interpretation, reconcilin’s meanin’s
but much’s done unworded like it qualia
instincts’n sort not all’s Q&A of single lifetimes
some things they answered way before
happened upon, back in the EoEA, structurin’s
not all Q&As explicatin’ that words form
Perhaps Woodie can also provide us with an answer to this question (or should that be a question to the answer):
Is Hinchliffe’s Rule True?
Here is the full text of a conference paper discussing this question:
Is Hinchliffe’s Rule True?
Hinchliffe has asserted that whenever the title of a paper is a question with a yes/no answer, the answer is always no. This paper demonstrates that Hinchliffe’s assertion is false, but only if it is true.
Michael V said:
Too early in the morning for for all of filly-lossi-gal type stuff, Mr Woodie…I haven’t had my coffee yet.
Yeah… It’s all about that Irish bloke again. Phil O’Sophical.
The Rev Dodgson said:
Perhaps Woodie can also provide us with an answer to this question (or should that be a question to the answer):Is Hinchliffe’s Rule True?
Here is the full text of a conference paper discussing this question:
Is Hinchliffe’s Rule True?
Hinchliffe has asserted that whenever the title of a paper is a question with a yes/no answer, the answer is always no. This paper demonstrates that Hinchliffe’s assertion is false, but only if it is true.
You cannot prove a negative hypothesis.
Woodie said:
You cannot prove a negative hypothesis.
True, but you can’t prove it.
Woodie said:
Michael V said:
Too early in the morning for for all of filly-lossi-gal type stuff, Mr Woodie…I haven’t had my coffee yet.
Yeah… It’s all about that Irish bloke again. Phil O’Sophical.
Is ‘e as ‘armless and legless as Paddy O’Furniture?
The Rev Dodgson said:
Woodie said:You cannot prove a negative hypothesis.
True, but you can’t prove it.
but you can argue it?
Woodie said:
I reckon it’s close to breakfast; then it’ll be a full oesophagus thing.
Michael V said:
Too early in the morning for for all of filly-lossi-gal type stuff, Mr Woodie…I haven’t had my coffee yet.
Yeah… It’s all about that Irish bloke again. Phil O’Sophical.
Michael V said:
Don’t you swallow?
Woodie said:I reckon it’s close to breakfast; then it’ll be a full oesophagus thing.
Michael V said:
Too early in the morning for for all of filly-lossi-gal type stuff, Mr Woodie…I haven’t had my coffee yet.
Yeah… It’s all about that Irish bloke again. Phil O’Sophical.
roughbarked said:
I can only get two thirds of dog.. do or og
Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.
And so on…
Rule 303 said:
roughbarked said:I can only get two thirds of dog.. do or ogInside of a dog it’s too dark to read.
And so on…
and so, fourth?
roughbarked said:
and so, fourth?
And such.
roughbarked said:
Rule 303 said:
roughbarked said:I can only get two thirds of dog.. do or ogInside of a dog it’s too dark to read.
And so on…
and so, fourth?
and, so, forth.
The Rev Dodgson said:
I haven’t read the full thread, so I hope this hasn’t been said before, but:In the same way that:
“This statement is false”
is false if it is true and true if it is false, so
if you provide a valid answer to the question:
“What is the answer to which there is no known question?”
that answer immediately becomes invalid, because it is an answer to the question:
“What is the answer to which there is no known question?”
so it is not an answer to which there is no known question.
So it is.
So it isn’t.
and so on …
Question: “What is the answer to which there is no known question?”
Answer 1: “Nothing is true”.
Answer 2: “This isn’t the answer to that question”.
In each case if it’s true then it’s false and if it’s false then it’s true.
mollwollfumble said:
Question: “What is the answer to which there is no known question?”
Answer 1: “Nothing is true”.
Answer 2: “This isn’t the answer to that question”.In each case if it’s true then it’s false and if it’s false then it’s true.
How about:
If that statement had been a question, then this statement would not be the answer, but if it was not a question, then it is.
If there is no question, there is no answer. So an answer that has no question is logically impossible.
Bubblecar said:
If there is no question, there is no answer. So an answer that has no question is logically impossible.
But there may be an answer to a question but nobody knows what the question is.
On the other hand, if Bubblecar’s statement was an answer to the question in my previous post, then he may have a point.
what’s a question and answer in the physical world minus words
a worded question has propositions, or propositional content (involves concepts), so too an answer involving human ideas, but what of other things, like evolution/adaptation.
what’s the nearest thing to Q&As otherwise.
transition said:
what’s a question and answer in the physical world minus wordsa worded question has propositions, or propositional content (involves concepts), so too an answer involving human ideas, but what of other things, like evolution/adaptation.
what’s the nearest thing to Q&As otherwise.
You could consider the evolution of living things (or any physical structure for that matter) to be an answer to changing influences over time.
But I doubt that dv would approve of such language.
mollwollfumble said:
The Rev Dodgson said:
I haven’t read the full thread, so I hope this hasn’t been said before, but:In the same way that:
“This statement is false”
is false if it is true and true if it is false, so
if you provide a valid answer to the question:
“What is the answer to which there is no known question?”
that answer immediately becomes invalid, because it is an answer to the question:
“What is the answer to which there is no known question?”
so it is not an answer to which there is no known question.
So it is.
So it isn’t.
and so on …
Yes. Exactly what I was saying. eg.Question: “What is the answer to which there is no known question?”
Answer 1: “Nothing is true”.
Answer 2: “This isn’t the answer to that question”.In each case if it’s true then it’s false and if it’s false then it’s true.
The subtlety here is that “Nothing is true” is always false. :-) And therefore cannot be the true answer to any question. :-0
The Rev Dodgson said:
transition said:
what’s a question and answer in the physical world minus wordsa worded question has propositions, or propositional content (involves concepts), so too an answer involving human ideas, but what of other things, like evolution/adaptation.
what’s the nearest thing to Q&As otherwise.
You could consider the evolution of living things (or any physical structure for that matter) to be an answer to changing influences over time.
But I doubt that dv would approve of such language.
one might just string a bunch of propositions together that are both answer and question in which case the question is obliterated because the statement is complete