(December 29, 2010 at 1:14 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: 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?
Hmm... I'm not sure. The surprise at the lack of surprise occurs after time X, when the surprise you were expecting didn't take place. So what really happened was a non-surprise at time X followed by a surprise at time Y (immediately after time X). Which I'm not sure is a paradox. Also, I'd question whether an expected surprise is actually a surprise, or rather an anticipated unusual event, whose exact nature is unknown. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I'm unsure.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
