X and Y are in conversation. X: Name any event at all that you guarantee will happen on 12th April 2093. Y: Why then? X: Never mind, just nominate any event. Y: The sun will rise that day, will that do? X: Sure, would you like to bet on it? Y: Bet on it? Are you saying you would bet against it?
X: Yes. Y: That's ridiculous. X: 100 dollars. Y: I'll take it.
Why will X not lose his bet?
2007-10-30 01:44:00 · 9 answers · asked by anthony@three-rs.com 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
YOU HAVE STUMBLED ONTO ONE OF THE "SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE!" Anything you bet on will have a high probability of NOT HAPPENING.
Therefore, take both sides of any wager - you'll break even at worse. Some days you will have a big payday because a long-shot will come in.
Avoid wagers that cannot be collected after next week because you don't know who will be around to pay off if you win.
BETS TO AVOID:
(A) Iraq will not become the 51st state (but we'll treat it like we really care about it anyway).
(B) We will have efficient energy consumption in the year 2050 - we already know the solutions but no one cares and no one wants to be inconvenienced.
(C) Any solution proposed by a presidential candidate - they only work hard to find out what you want to hear (We quit being honest about things a long time ago). When you try to collect on a bet (or a broken promise) they will laugh at you.
2007-10-30 06:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by GENE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I reckon that in theory, there is a requirement as follows -if true for x, then true for (lamda)x. This is called the requirement of homogeneity; that requirement is untenable in practice. Each model would depend on a need for continuity between generations; this has been described as a Principle of Corporate Agreement. It is, however impossible to verify such a Principle. Science is, in practice, a purely time-local, and by implication space-local, phenomenon.
It depends, ultimately on an act of faith. So therefore Y cannot offer any guarantees, and X wins the bet.
;)
2007-10-30 02:05:04 · answer #2 · answered by johninmelb 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When some people say that they want an easy life, they actually mean it. When you profess such an aspiration, you are fibbing! Think, for a moment, about your lifestyle; the world you have created for yourself, the people you have chosen to populate it with, the challenges you have taken on, the responsibilities you have accepted, the dramas you have allowed yourself to become embroiled in. Really. An easy life? What you actually want is an 'easier' life.
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2007-11-01 11:04:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're blowing my mind with the X's and The Y's. 2093 there will be nothing but weeds and maybe cockroaches. Overpopulation, Hate and Greed will end human existance, atleast on earth.
2007-10-30 03:28:56 · answer #4 · answered by BEEASTLY BUFFALO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The sun does not rise at all it's the earth that rotates.
2007-10-30 01:53:31 · answer #5 · answered by Crazy Diamond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
X and Y wont be alive to see it.
the sun doesn't rise in the day time.
2007-10-30 01:49:13 · answer #6 · answered by L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My prediction for 2093: I'll be long dead.
2007-10-30 01:47:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a load of b******s and to be honest who cares.
I wont be here to see if it happens
2007-10-30 01:58:17 · answer #8 · answered by Geoff B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
banal.............................
2007-10-30 01:55:19 · answer #9 · answered by steve w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋