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Topic: Is it possible that 3+4=8?
Replies: 21   Last Post: Jan 29, 2011 9:06 AM

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Craig Feinstein

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Re: Is it possible that 3+4=8?
Posted: Jan 24, 2011 9:32 PM
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On Jan 24, 8:28 pm, Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeo...@verizon.invalid> wrote:
> On 01/24/2011 03:58 PM, Craig Feinstein wrote:
>
> > On Jan 24, 12:37 pm, cwldoc<cwl...@aol.com>  wrote:
> >> There is no way to know that the scenario described is not true. If
> >> something has tampered with our ability to reason, or for that
> >> matter, if our thinking is defective in the first place, then we
> >> are screwed!
>
> > I think this is the correct answer.
>
> How do you know that what you think is correct? ;-)

The invisible pixies told me it's correct.

>
> --
> Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not
> tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth

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