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What is truth

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Poirot, that old chap Magritte must have been a tad off his rocker to have produced an illustration of a smoking pipe and then titled it ‘This is not a pipe’!

It IS a pipe…. unambiguously.

He was a surrealist. But he took this one too far. Because it IS a pipe that he illustrated. His painting IS of a pipe. It IZZ a pipe!!

Uhh... now my head hurts!! ( :>|
Posted by Ludwig, Thursday, 21 February 2013 8:49:29 AM
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Oi, Ludwig,

"His painting IS of a pipe."

Yup.

But his painting isn't a pipe - it's a painting.

: )
Posted by Poirot, Thursday, 21 February 2013 9:03:20 AM
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Dear Ludwig,

One must be aware what one is dealing with. 2 + 2 = 4 is only a definition based on the previous definitions of +, =, 2 and 4. It is not a fact in itself. It is based on the definition of the four symbols involved for starters. We assume that we are operating in a decimal number system, but that assumtion is not always true.

2 + 2 = 4 can be regarded as a theorem based on the axiomatic definitions of 2, 4, =, + and the number base in which the arithmatical sysytem is set.

In natural language we use shortland as implicit meanings are usually understood. You might say that you are Ludwig. Of course you are not really Ludwig. Ludwig is merely your olo pseudonym. You are no more Ludwig than your house is the address of the house. The name of a thing is not the thing named.
Posted by david f, Thursday, 21 February 2013 9:32:05 AM
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David your last post is absolute confirmation that we should shut down, at least half the departments in our universities.

If we are really nice, we should build a nice big sand pit, for all the staff from those closed departments to sit & play with themselves, & that is the truth.
Posted by Hasbeen, Thursday, 21 February 2013 9:47:30 AM
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Dear Hasbeen,

Your sort of thinking belongs to the Middle Ages.

You would have made a great church official in charge of the Dept of Geocentricity and Flat Earth Technology.
Posted by Mr Opinion, Thursday, 21 February 2013 9:57:37 AM
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Don't worry Hasbeen, when the crunch comes their money will disappear
anyway and the only faculties will be in agriculture ! Hi !
Posted by Bazz, Thursday, 21 February 2013 10:12:09 AM
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