RE: [asa] Conundrum

Hi Bernie:

You've got it. (I don't know about Capt. Kirk) If the count is an error
because there are only two errors then the error count is three. But if
there are three errors then that's correct, so there are only two. But
if there only two, then the count is an error so there are three, and so
on. In effect, it is a tautology.
 
Dick Fischer, GPA president
Genesis Proclaimed Association
"Finding Harmony in Bible, Science and History"
www.genesisproclaimed.org
 

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Dehler, Bernie
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 3:07 PM
Cc: ASA
Subject: RE: [asa] Conundrum

Error 1: 'ar' should be 'are'
Error 2: 'threee' should be 'three'

That makes 2 errors. The sentence says there are three errors, which
makes that an error, so now there are three errors.

So there are three errors, and the sentence also flipped from being
"false" to "true" in the midst of evaluation.

Correct?

...Bernie

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of John Walley
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 11:45 AM
To: Dick Fischer; Don Nield
Cc: ASA
Subject: Re: [asa] Conundrum

I would say there is only one error. The third e is just in the wrong
place.

John

--- On Fri, 11/21/08, Don Nield <d.nield@auckland.ac.nz> wrote:

> From: Don Nield <d.nield@auckland.ac.nz>
> Subject: Re: [asa] Conundrum
> To: "Dick Fischer" <dickfischer@verizon.net>
> Cc: "ASA" <asa@calvin.edu>
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 12:51 AM
> It depends on how one defines an error, but I would has that
> there are just two spelling errors and the count could be a
> further error, or allowing for self reference might not be
> an error!
> Don
>
>
> Dick Fischer wrote:
> > How many mistakes can you find in the following
> sentence:
> >
> > "There ar threee errors."
> > Dick Fischer, GPA president
> > Genesis Proclaimed Association
> > "Finding Harmony in Bible, Science and
> History"
> > www.genesisproclaimed.org
> >
> >
>
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