When I was in U of A, some professor chated in the coffee room, "Two things we don't argue: tradition and religion." I think it was a very wise comment.
原帖由 eastroster 于 2006-6-4 01:03 发表4 a- w1 o" w. t4 w2 r4 j' ^ \
When I was in U of A, some professor chated in the coffee room, "Two things we don't argue: tradition and religion." I think it was a very wise comment.
tomgod Vs dora --- a debate in logistics . m& R4 h, N) n M) L q1 H1 k# j2 j- k; Z- }2 t) z* a; o
dora believes: 上帝无所不能, while tomgod does not. + [1 F1 D' @7 W C+ X0 |8 C, RThen tomgod tried to overthrow dora's conclusion (上帝无所不能) by finding one thing that 上帝 can not do. tomgod asked dora a tricky question (a puzzle): % P% b8 c7 `- t/ g R- ?"上帝能否造一块他(她/它)都不能举起的石头????" 7 z& _0 v; I7 \* ^0 d 3 ^1 M1 b3 o* OIt seemed that dora would be in a deep trap. ! ~1 Y! F% @8 [( M$ _1 {If dora answered YES, then there would a 石头上帝不能举起 --> 上帝 is not 无所不能 , d; j" T$ x+ v4 \5 J& eIf dora answered No, then --> 上帝 is not 无所不能 % Q3 K) A7 m p- n# REither of these two answer would lead to " 上帝 is not 无所不能" - H$ b1 Q. D' i' M9 U3 s1 ]2 ]9 T5 R) B- g* g% D% B" F
However dora did not follow the usual way of thinking into tomgod's trap. dora's answer was as the following: "上帝都不能举起的石头"不存在, which means that the queston is a fake one 2 |: \9 a) v, X# y8 r& o) P 5 M# C& ^ m4 n- Q6 EIf the question is a fake how can you expect there should be a simple Yes or No answer for the wrong question?( _* o! N- B. V9 x* E' a, a
; q% a1 A) n' q- a) d7 ^4 `Thats why I made a comment from the logic point of view "Dora's 逻辑 is correct." $ E K+ X0 o3 |$ ^- O8 ^" `3 I* z/ B
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