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I like the insight about applying set-theoretic, Russell's-paradox-circumventing thinking to everyday scenarios. Not to detract from that, but I think the coffe
by n4r9 8y ago
I like the insight about applying set-theoretic, Russell's-paradox-circumventing thinking to everyday scenarios. Not to detract from that, but I think the coffee and glasses situations are perhaps better described as "deadlocks" than "paradoxes".
- kqr 8y agoIt depends on how you choose to view them. The article chose to use imperative-sounding wording, but you could just as well look at them as declarative statements of logic: (1) Operating a machine implies having been drinking coffee. (2) Drinking coffee implies having operated the coffee making machine.