Re: An interesting paradox for you.

Patrick Hamlyn says...
> You just contradicted yourself. 

I should hope he did, this being a paradox. 

> This sentence:
> >When the time came actually to volunteer for the flogging, I 
> >would have no reason whatsoever to do it
> is immediately contradicted by this one:
> >Since I would know this in advance, I don't 
> >see how I could form the intention to do it.
> 
> You only have to look ahead *one sentence* to see that the fact that you can't
> form an intention and therefore can't claim the money without getting flogged,
> is sufficient reason to volunteer for the flogging.

Until 12:01. 

Actually, if one alters the original problem such that it is a *given* 
that such a machine (the MRI-intention-reader) exists, a logical mind 
might be willing to take the flogging at 7:29 simply to avoid any 
possible temporal disasters that might arise from contradicting the 
machine's findings. Forget the $1M, I just don't want to wink out of 
existence. 

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