Bullshit and BullshittersWe've had questions about lies and liars in the past, but this time we're asking about the sort of fantasist who constantly claims they've got a helicopter in the garden or was "second onto the balcony at the Iranian Embassy siege". Tell us about the cobblers you've been told, or the complete lies you've come out with.
Thanks to dozer for the suggestion
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 13 Jan 2011, 12:55)
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I reckon that's pure mince- In 2), the assumption seems to be that *his* tiger is real, and the computer's is simulated. But that's what we're trying to establish, so we can't use that as input.
- In 3), he states that the two languages are necessarily different. But two identical computers would use the same language, and two people could (it might be that real people never do, but there's no theoretical reason why they couldn't. So it's not valid reasoning.)
- Also, even if the languages were different, this does not imply that the concepts are different. If one person is thinking in French, it doesn't affect what they are thinking about.
The guy is clearly a tit.
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