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It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
by calibas 11mo ago
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
- esafak 11mo agoI wonder if grue was taken from Nelson Goodman's Fact, Fiction, and Forecast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_riddle_of_induction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_riddle_of_induction
- MarkusQ 11mo agoYes. Because it is pitch black and therefore you can not determine it's color (plus, the fact that you haven't been eaten by one yet does not justify the conclusion that you won't be). It's also a play on Gardener's "unexpected hanging paradox".
- redundantly 11mo agoNyet. Jack Vance created grues in the one of the Dying Earth series books.
- vunderba 11mo agoLove it. I use a grue reference on 404s to my blog. https://mordenstar.com/zork https://mordenstar.com/zork
- DonHopkins 11mo agoIf this predicament seems particularly cruel, consider whose fault it could be: not a torch or a match in your inventory. MC Frontalot - It Is Pitch Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nigRT2KmCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nigRT2KmCE Featuring Steve Meretzky! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Meretzky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Meretzky