The discussion revolves around the phrase "This pharse has three misstakes" and the question of how many mistakes it contains. Participants explore various interpretations of "mistakes," including spelling, grammatical, and philosophical considerations, while engaging in a playful examination of the phrase's structure and context.
Participants express a range of opinions on the number and nature of mistakes in the phrase, with no consensus reached. Some assert there are multiple mistakes, while others claim there are none or only a few.
Discussions include varying interpretations of what constitutes a "mistake," leading to differing conclusions based on individual perspectives and definitions.
Any other scheme is a grave mistake of taste around here. Further, (4) it is posted in GD although it is a brainteaser; at most in philosophy section, but not in GD. Finally, it states to have (3) mistakes, although it has at least (4) as we just saw, therefore more than (4).
I did not mention it because the OP attempted to trick us into a catch 22, "This sentence is a lie" logical contradiction. Outside the box thinking being necessary, I decided to fire back with emphasis on what was not inside the boxEvo said:
I loved your answers BTW!humanino said:I did not mention it because the OP attempted to trick us into a catch 22, "This sentence is a lie" logical contradiction. Outside the box thinking being necessary, I decided to fire back with emphasis on what was not inside the box
humanino said:
That's Evo's witchery I believe.BobG said:
Then you run into self-contradiction : if it has a mathematical error (it says 3 although it's only 2), then it does not have mathematical error (now it really has three), and vice-versa...J MAZURE said:
None.kaleidoscope said:
I remember long ago when I posted some teasers here. Already then, Jimmy Snyder never had any difficulty finding the solution I knew (the obvious one), and would therefore most often come up with a better one. Nicely played sir.Jimmy Snyder said: