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Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No?

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Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No?
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RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No?
December 29, 2010 at 1:14 pm (This post was last modified: December 29, 2010 at 1:15 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
I mean that if you expect to be surprised at time X, but at time X you aren't surprised, wouldn't you then be surprised because you were expecting to be surprised but, weren't?
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Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No?

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Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Edwardo Piet - December 29, 2010 at 12:27 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by downbeatplumb - December 29, 2010 at 12:28 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Edwardo Piet - December 29, 2010 at 12:29 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Rhizomorph13 - December 29, 2010 at 12:50 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Edwardo Piet - December 29, 2010 at 1:14 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by The Omnissiunt One - December 29, 2010 at 1:42 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Rhizomorph13 - December 29, 2010 at 1:33 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Edwardo Piet - December 29, 2010 at 2:07 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Rhizomorph13 - December 29, 2010 at 4:52 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Darwinian - December 29, 2010 at 4:45 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Edwardo Piet - December 29, 2010 at 4:49 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Darwinian - December 29, 2010 at 4:54 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Rhizomorph13 - December 29, 2010 at 5:06 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Edwardo Piet - December 29, 2010 at 4:56 pm
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by The Omnissiunt One - December 30, 2010 at 7:49 am
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by Edwardo Piet - December 30, 2010 at 8:07 am
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by The Omnissiunt One - December 30, 2010 at 8:35 am
RE: Paradox of Surprise? Yes? No? - by jason56 - January 8, 2011 at 8:27 pm

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