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I don't exist. Or the Philosophical cliche... I freely believe in the absence of free will. Scott Aaronson has discussed this in more detail: https://www.scot

• frutiger 6y ago
  Is that a contradiction or a lie? Genuine question: is there a difference between the two? Edit: I read the article (and I’m not sure I was able to follow it completely) but it seemed to mostly be about free will, and not people making contradictions (or lying).
  • ukj 6y ago
    Good question/intuition. You are correct in that I am appealing (exploiting?) the Liar's paradox [1]. The gist of which is that the truth-value of the proposition is undecidable. You could interpret my statement as a performative contradiction; or you could interpret it as a lie, but a far more interesting a conversation would ensue if you simply ask me "Why do you say that?" Which is why I said that it's up to you on how you choose to handle the exception (which I have intentionally triggered in your brain). The way I would prefer you to interpret my intentional contradiction is to see it for what it is. I am engaging in cooperative multi-tasking [2]. I am yielding control by triggering an exception. Your turn to steer the conversation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_multitasking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_multitasking