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Re: An interesting paradox for you.



In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert 
Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Steven Jones says...
> > Why?  Once 12:01 comes around, you already have the money, so you don't 
> > need
> > to get flogged.
> 
> Because I don't want a paradox getting in the way of my million dollars? 
> 
> I believe the point that several people are making is that, as a mental 
> exercise, this is rather paradoxical, but, as an *actual* exercise, it 
> would be a perfectly valid decision to shut off one's logic circuits 
> until after 7:30, and take both the money and the flogging, simply to 
> avoid any possible ambiguity.

That would work, except that I don't know how to turn off my logic 
circuits.

-Jamie



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