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There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
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There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
October 18, 2014 at 1:14 pm (This post was last modified: October 18, 2014 at 1:15 pm by Whateverist.)
This thread http://atheistforums.org/thread-29177.html reminded me of the title of a book I read some time ago. I've adapted the title of the book to the title of this new thread.

I was going to bring up this smart-assery in that thread but thought better of derailing it. So I'll just ask here whether the assertion of this thread's title is true, false or other?
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RE: There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
October 18, 2014 at 1:26 pm
Mistake is spelled incorrectly.
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RE: There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
October 18, 2014 at 1:29 pm
True. Then is there only one mistake?
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RE: There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
October 18, 2014 at 1:31 pm
(October 18, 2014 at 1:29 pm)whateverist Wrote: True. Then is there only one mistake?

No. The other mistake is that it says there are two, which is both simultaneously true and untrue. :p
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RE: There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
October 18, 2014 at 1:40 pm
Oh logic, you are a cruel and faithless temptress.
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RE: There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
October 18, 2014 at 1:43 pm (This post was last modified: October 18, 2014 at 1:46 pm by Aoi Magi.)
nope, there is only one "misstake" in the title.

It didn't claim to have two mistakes, it claimed to have two "misstakes" which it doesn't so it isn't true...

misstake!=mistake
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RE: There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
October 18, 2014 at 1:43 pm (This post was last modified: October 18, 2014 at 1:45 pm by TreeSapNest.)
Logic puzzles give me a headache. :-)
(October 18, 2014 at 1:31 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(October 18, 2014 at 1:29 pm)whateverist Wrote: True. Then is there only one mistake?

No. The other mistake is that it says there are two, which is both simultaneously true and untrue. :p

Fuck both of you. Both were intentional, therefore not mistakes. :-)
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RE: There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
October 18, 2014 at 1:48 pm (This post was last modified: October 18, 2014 at 1:53 pm by Whateverist.)
You're welcome. =)

Good point. Are intentional mistakes even a coherent possibility? The Navahos apparently thought so. I've heard their artisans would deliberately make a mistake in a weaving in order to show humility toward their gods.

If we allow that the miscount of mistakes makes the title true, would its being true therefore nullify the attribution of the second mistake? I want to say no. It is true because there is one, not two, mistakes. And its being true does not change that.
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RE: There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
October 18, 2014 at 2:52 pm
I've decided you suck, whateverist. :-)

I'm sticking with intentional. Navahos included flaws, rather than made mistakes.

If the count and misspelling were both mistakes, the statement is necessarily true, even if by mistake. Any other solution and the statement is false.
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RE: There are two misstakes in the title of this thread.
October 18, 2014 at 5:37 pm
Ah self referential things... Now what about the barber who shaves anyone who doesn't shave themselves?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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