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I'm genuinely perplexed by this, how is the puzzle even a puzzle if you don't judge it by formal logic?
by eblume 2y ago
I'm genuinely perplexed by this, how is the puzzle even a puzzle if you don't judge it by formal logic?
- gosub100 2y agoIt's still useful for young people or those who have never stopped to consider it. I think it's a good introduction to the warts of a context sensitive grammar
- dotancohen 2y agoBecause in everyday life we do not formally define ideas. Just for example I play a game with my children where we tickle each other when we see a yellow vehicle. Is a yellow tractor a vehicle for purpose of the game? How about a yellow baby cart. How about a billboard with a photograph of a yellow baby's toy car? We honestly have more fun discussing what is a vehicle for purpose of the game than we do tickling. Especially when it becomes clear that a yellow baby carriage is a vehicle only if it is daddy to be tickled... Honestly a good lesson to learn early that life is not fair and that rules are subjective.
- LudwigNagasena 2y agoReminds me of "The rule says, “No vehicles in the park”", https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36453856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36453856