Everybody talking about surprise should read the “Logical school” section, in particular this reformulation: > The prisoner will be hanged next week and its da

Everybody talking about surprise should read the “Logical school” section, in particular this reformulation: > The prisoner will be hanged next week and its date will not be deducible the night before using this statement as an axiom. This paradox isn’t a play on the definition of “surprise”, that’s just a weakness accidentally introduced by lax wording.