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Re: How big is infinity?

Subject: Re: How big is infinity?
From: Lester Zick
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:08:52 -0700
Newsgroups: sci.logic, sci.math
On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 22:17:03 -0600, Virgil <virgil@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In article <gtpbf2l4ce435598ls17d6n1f2shq4a2aj@xxxxxxx>,
> Lester Zick <dontbother@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 22:32:52 -0600, Virgil <virgil@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>
>
>> >So Zick must be declaring that commands are to be either true or 
>> >false.
>> >
>> >Is "Go jump in the lake!" true or false, Zick?
>> 
>> If you did it it would be true. If I did it it would be false.
>
>I have already issued the 'statement', now Zick say that its truth is 
>conditional on something that has not yet occurred. 

So is the statement true or false?

>As it does not refer to the future, how can this be?

Mystery of mysteries.
 
>> Whatever.
>
>The profundity of Zick's comments is underwhelming.

Just not quite so underwhelming as your own.

~v~~

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