I received a clever answer to a previous question. Essentially that answer was:
There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand the binary number system, and those who don't.
Which is true, if you understand the binary system and see that it applies to the digits 10.
However, if you don't understand the binary system, the statement appears at best inconsistent, and maybe even untrue.
So, does the truth of a written statement depend upon your knowledge?
If it DOES, how can we ever be sure that anything written is true?
2006-10-14
02:35:15
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Barks-at-Parrots
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