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8 }1 G& _- z: B+ G' b% s! G5 T
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.
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tomgod Vs dora --- a debate in logistics : x y* U- t( U( g5 w! D, H- ~. ]0 l4 e& B& F a
dora believes: 上帝无所不能, while tomgod does not. " C9 S& S7 S3 J. n6 B7 \4 q1 P4 AThen 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):+ k/ i0 N6 A; M4 e9 k- S* G5 A: e
"上帝能否造一块他(她/它)都不能举起的石头????" % Q+ J' b% ~6 F2 u- R5 e/ u1 i1 x 5 U: o2 t- A6 z7 I& X6 d- N1 _ HIt seemed that dora would be in a deep trap. 6 @% G) d) Q" o, Q" E% i
If dora answered YES, then there would a 石头上帝不能举起 --> 上帝 is not 无所不能. m: ^8 ]3 r& Y2 V
If dora answered No, then --> 上帝 is not 无所不能 1 F9 M' D# J7 S4 rEither of these two answer would lead to " 上帝 is not 无所不能" v! z7 U6 P+ H; f) o/ P- d Q( t" Z$ h! \- {; u$ j
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 one2 m. w4 p2 b! S$ r: J: ?) F# O2 E, \
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If the question is a fake how can you expect there should be a simple Yes or No answer for the wrong question?! a7 H8 Y/ z# B& O# E
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Thats why I made a comment from the logic point of view "Dora's 逻辑 is correct." $ {8 k. J8 J% q7 v2 U0 y ' ~* M* e& ~8 e( z% \7 @[ 本帖最后由 eastroster 于 2006-6-5 07:49 编辑 ]