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Grimbal
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Can you answer?
« on: Feb 7th, 2007, 6:05am » |
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Which is the only answer you can not give to this question?
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #1 on: Feb 7th, 2007, 6:09am » |
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #2 on: Feb 7th, 2007, 6:10am » |
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I don't know.
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #3 on: Feb 7th, 2007, 7:13am » |
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I can not give the answer: "I can not give the answer: 'I can not give the answer: "I can not... ." ' "
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #4 on: Feb 7th, 2007, 7:16am » |
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Or maybe there is no answer.
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #5 on: Feb 7th, 2007, 8:45am » |
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on Feb 7th, 2007, 7:16am, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:| Or maybe there is no answer. |
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But if that is the answer, that means there is one. 
on Feb 7th, 2007, 7:13am, SMQ wrote:I can not give the answer: "I can not give the answer: 'I can not give the answer: "I can not... ." ' "
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Actually, I asked the question as a joke, I thought there is no way to answer correctly (and you can not even give that as an answer). But I have to accept your answer. You express an answer that , indeed, you could not give in full. 
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #6 on: Feb 7th, 2007, 9:05am » |
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on Feb 7th, 2007, 8:45am, Grimbal wrote:
But if that is the answer, that means there is one. |
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That's exactly my point. Both of my answers (my first post was also a guess, in case I overly confused anyone) operate this way. They contradict themselves and can't be correct. I don't know how much correctness is a factor but it seems mine should work.
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #7 on: Feb 7th, 2007, 10:35am » |
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on Feb 7th, 2007, 6:05am, Grimbal wrote:| Which is the only answer you can not give to this question? |
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You severely underestimate my power of not giving answers. I can think up dozens without giving them, right here and now. (scope ambiguity ftw)
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #8 on: Feb 7th, 2007, 4:53pm » |
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on Feb 7th, 2007, 7:13am, SMQ wrote:I can not give the answer: "I can not give the answer: 'I can not give the answer: "I can not... ." ' "
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Hey, an infinite series of 'I can not give the answer.' As the statement approaches infinity, what happens to the question ? 
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #9 on: Feb 7th, 2007, 6:39pm » |
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on Feb 7th, 2007, 10:35am, towr wrote:
You severely underestimate my power of not giving answers. |
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Well said!
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #10 on: Feb 8th, 2007, 5:25am » |
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What about:
Any answer but this one.
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #11 on: Feb 12th, 2007, 2:20am » |
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on Feb 8th, 2007, 5:25am, Grimbal wrote:What about:
Any answer but this one. |
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Niice! 
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #12 on: Feb 12th, 2007, 7:44am » |
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"A herring"
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #13 on: Feb 12th, 2007, 7:57am » |
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #14 on: Aug 28th, 2007, 5:01pm » |
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Maybe if I say "whatever I don't answer" it will be a paradox resulting in the answer being right and wrong(or neither).
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #15 on: Nov 6th, 2007, 8:49am » |
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1. I cannot say I don't know.
2. "making the sound of one hand clapping"
 3. But this IS what my face looked like before my parents were born!
4. Nun
Now back to the riddles.
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Re: Can you answer?
« Reply #16 on: Nov 7th, 2007, 10:05am » |
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anything but the words "this one"
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