[SystemSafety] A Whimsical Paradox

[Miner, Paul S. (LARC-D320)]

Smullyan's "Logicians who reason about themselves" had some interesting observations on similar questions.

http://www.tark.org/proceedings/tark_mar19_86/p341-smullyan.pdf


On 1/29/15 12:46 AM, "Peter Bernard Ladkin" <ladkin at rvs.uni-bielefeld.de<mailto:ladkin at rvs.uni-bielefeld.de>> wrote:

I'd not really heard about the "Chem Trails" nonsense except superficially, had an odd encounter on
a bus, and asked people about it on a closed mailing list I am on. Mike Holloway said, well,
everyone believes *some* nonsense.

I am interested in everyday reasoning, which, contrary to what many people believe, regularly and
justifiably does not always adhere to "classical" logic. I would say that an example is Mike's
claim. I saw the chance to construct a classical-logical paradox. Maybe I did; maybe I didn't.

The paper is aimed at curious teenagers rather than those with any technical training. But at least
one adult has claimed to find it interesting. Perhaps others here might?
http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Papers/LogicalParadox20150126.pdf

PBL

Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Faculty of Technology, University of Bielefeld, 33594 Bielefeld, Germany
Je suis Charlie
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