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If two people have blue eyes, "Somebody has blue eyes" is not new information, because everyone has already seen that someone has blue eyes.
by tiglionabbit 10y ago
If two people have blue eyes, "Somebody has blue eyes" is not new information, because everyone has already seen that someone has blue eyes.
- x1798DE 10y ago> If two people have blue eyes, "Somebody has blue eyes" is not new information, because everyone has already seen that someone has blue eyes. The new information in that scenario is that the other guy with blue eyes knows that someone has blue eyes.
- tiglionabbit 10y agoIf they have seen someone with blue eyes they would already know that.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoThey know that you know that. That's the new info.
- fenomas 10y agoIt's not new information to either person individually. But while both people already knew it, they didn't know that the other one knew it. That's the new information.