the triumph of maybe logic (?)

[LMNO]

You aren't catching my drift.

Possibilities seem to be maybes?
Does ML mean that inifity may not be infinity?


JPF

Infinity is a concept, dummy.  A definition.

We may think a thing is infinite, and be wrong, however.

Does it seem possible for an infinite number of possibilities to exist?

JPF

Cf:  "Meaningless statement".

[Jean-Paul Fartre]

How?

[LMNO]

Did you Cf?

You didn't, did you.

And now you expect me to spoon-feed you knowledge.

Do you go to a public school, or something?

[LHX]

i cant believe this thread got jacked by a n00b



i feel so
cheap



"does it seem possible for an infinite number of possibilities to exist"?


what the fuck?
who is gonna say 'no' at this point in the thread?

[LMNO]

Hey, it's possible...

[LHX]

infinity might end after 23
or 5
or 23 to the power of 5

[LMNO]

CONSULT YOUR PINEAL GLAND!

[LHX]

"our lines are currently busy
one of our operators will respond as soon as........."

okay

who the fuck is using my pineal gland?

[East Coast Hustle]

I like Trollaxe better as the seer.

just saying.

[LHX]

alts R fun

[Toots]

JPF--What say you to the words of one RAW on the topic of maybe logic?
"I begin to feel that Maybe Logic will soon replace the Aristotelian either/or, not because of my books or Korzybski's or von Neumann's. but because virtual reality and artificial intelligence have destroyed certitude and left us with only degrees of probability."

Read more about it here: http://www.rawilson.com/prethought.shtml

[LMNO]

I'm just guessing, but:

Are they infinite degrees of probability?

The problem is that many people just don't make the leap, and shut down their minds.  It's people like them who think M. Night Shamalamadingdong's The Villiage was "a real freaky movie, man", and who make shows like "Dancing with the Stars" actually popular.

RAW keeps forgetting that the Curse of Greyface is incredibly alluring and powerful.

[Cain]

The allure of not thinking is very powerful indeed.  Its so much easier to watch X-Factor or American Idol on TV than...something.  Perhaps I shouldnt use easier, but "more convienient" as I hate to make it look like I was a hard working individual compared to the "slobs", because the opposite is true.

[LMNO]

Perhaps it's comparable to inertia... if you're on the couch, you'll tend to stay on the couch.  But if you're out and about, doing fun shit that blows your mind, you'll tend to keep doing that.



LMNO
-Tries not to be on the couch.

[Cain]

Yeah, thats plausible.  I have that problem with the internet, as opposed to TV, but at least its what I find interesting, not what a TV exec thinks I should find interesting.  Hell, I've spent this morning going over nuclear strategy and the history of the Assassin sect.  Thats a mix you'd only get on the best of days on the History Channel.