On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Danny Yoo <d...@hashcollision.org> writes: > > > >> To quote: "Let your statement be: 'Yes, yes', or "no, no': anything > > >> beyond these is of evil." > > > > > > "Have you stopped abusing small children yet?" > > > > :( > > > > I don't understand what your response here means. > > He's pointing out that many questions that ask a yes-or-no question > can't actually be truthfully answered “yes, yes”, nor “no, no”. > > It seems you demonstrated his point quite well :-) > The classic version, of course, is "Have you stopped beating your wife? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded_question>"
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