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Nice paradox, searching about it found another proposed solution: http://steve-patterson.com/paradox-resolved-buridans-ass/ http://steve-patterson.com/paradox-
by ffhhj 7y ago
Nice paradox, searching about it found another proposed solution:
http://steve-patterson.com/paradox-resolved-buridans-ass/ http://steve-patterson.com/paradox-resolved-buridans-ass/
It says: "there’s no such thing as “identical options”. More specifically, there are no two separate things which are identical in every way. So when talking about choice, having “alternative” possibilities implies having “different” possibilities. We can not evaluate two things as both “identical and different”, as this would be a contradiction in terms. Therefore, any formulation of Buridan’s paradox which implies this contradiction runs into a basic framing error."
Seems wrong, in a lottery all options are “identical and different”. Identical since they have the same probability, different because only one has the price. The paradox undecidability is produced by the perfect balance of unknowns, the equilibrium must be broken to have a decision.
Buridan's can be combined with Xeno's as a 2D continous space/time paradox. So cool!
I'm working on a solution for Xeno's, that's why I find it interesting.
- ddrt 7y agoI’d say photocopies are identical in every way. Are we talking variances that can’t be seen by the naked eye? If so then what is observing this other than an ass? The ass doesn’t care about the micro differences in two like objects.
- coldtea 7y ago>It says: "there’s no such thing as “identical options”. More specifically, there are no two separate things which are identical in every way. Doesn't have to be "identical in every way". Just "identical in every way that matters (regarding the decision)" e.g. making the subject equally hesitant or equally willing to chose one or the other... E.g. two potential love interests might be very different but equally tempting, and people have had that problem of choice (or regret when they chose) hit them very heavily...