Re: Source Code for OS?

[olcott <olcott@qwest.net>]

Roy and/or Janet Miller wrote:

> olcott wrote:
>
> > Roy and/or Janet Miller wrote:
> >
> >  It is completely obvious (to me) that the
> > Liar paradox errs, yet so far no one else has been
> > able to see even this... The liar paradox makes the
> > same error as the statement below. Tell me the truth
> > or falsity of the statement immediately below this
> > sentence.
> >
> > What time is it?
> >
> > What was the truth or falsity of the above statement, and why?
>
> An interrogative is not an indicative. Therefore, it does not make a claim, and therefore,
> it's claim cannot be tested as to whether or not it is false.  You really need to learn a
> bit more about grammar. Only an indicative makes an unqualified claim of truth. To compare
> an indicative to an interrogative is to compare apples and oranges. You are ducking the
> question - again.

No, merely providing a more clear example of
where an why the liar paradox errs... Here is
another one...

This sentence is a lie.

What the above sentence true or false, and why?

>
>
> >
> >
> > > > Neither can you prove that the following statement is
> > > > true of false, and for the same reason. On the next line
> > > > after this sentence I will present a statement and ask
> > > > you to tell me whether it is true or false, and why?
> > > >
> > > > What time is it?
> > > >
> > > > Now was that statement true or false, and why?
> > >
> > > 1. It it isn't a statement - it's a question.
> > > 2. Therefore, it can't be proven true or false, because it doesn't make a statement
> > > 3. The statement that QC made was a statement
> >
> > Am I lying here? (in this question itself, without any reference to anything else that I
> > said)
>
> You are neither lying, nor speaking the truth. Nor have you made a statement. If fact, you
> haven't "said" anything, you have "asked" something. Your verbs are off, because your
> grammar is off. Of course, in my opinion, you are off.
>
> Roy
>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > 4. Therefore, your following was in error, "Neither can you prove that the following
> > > statement is
> > > true of false, and for the same reason."  Not that you will admit it of course. People
> > > with a messianic complex never do.
> > >
> > > Roy