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A Simple Puzzle
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A group of Explorers are traversing a system of Caves when they find a Treasure. In accordance with an agreement that they signed before entering the cave, the Treasure must be divided fairly between them, in such a way that they are each satisfied that they will derive equivalen…
Dilemma
Ethics Man Did What Had To Be Done —Darkside A dilemma (Di - Lemma, meaning "two" lemmas) is a choice between two lemmas. Which lemma do you prefer? This lemma or that lemma? To understand dilemma then, we have to understand "lemma." What precisely is a lemma? It's not quite …
In a darkened room
In a darkened room there is a man flipping a coin. In a darkened room there is a man flipping a coin and he cannot see the coin. In a darkened room there is a man flipping a coin, he cannot see the coin. He flips the coin once every 5 seconds.…
Istigkeit
The finger that points to the moon is not the moon — Old Mate Thich Nhat Hanh Istigkeit! I shout, with all my breath, ISTIGKEIT! But for all the world, all that is heard is a whisper. That notorious German word: Istigkeit ...translates, most literally, as "Isness" What "is" …
Paradox
I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member. —Groucho Marx Shouting loudly into my phone: "Yes I'm here! Standing right next to your goddam boat! Where the hell are YOU Theseus?" —https://mastodon.cloud/@secretgeek What is a paradox? That of course depen…
Temporal Paradox
Doc: A paradox! Marty: What? Doc: A paradox! Marty: You mean one of those things that destroys the universe? — *Back to the Future II* A temporal paradox is any paradox that arises due to a person, object, or information, travelling backward in time. As discussed in Unbound…
The dog paradox
The dog paradox is this. Sometimes you meet a family who have a wonderful pet dog. The family invariably say: “Oh he doesn’t think he’s a dog. He’s pretty sure he’s a human!” And everyone laughs. It's all Very Cute™. But, when you stagger away from this odd family, a creeping r…
The Monkey Pirate Puzzle
A hundred prisoners are each locked in a room with three pirates, one of whom will walk the plank in the morning. Each prisoner has 10 bottles of wine, one of which has been poisoned; and each pirate has 12 coins, one of which is counterfeit and weighs either more or less than a…
This business of arrows
"This business of arrows is a tricky one" —Dependency Graph for Knowledge The best discussion I've seen on the challenge of deciding which way to draw the arrows is from Edward Tufte, in the book "Beautiful Evidence" -- and available online here: Links, Causal Arrows, Networks …
What Should I Do Now?
One of the greatest questions in life, in philosophy, in management, in personal productivity is the ever present: WHAT SHOULD I DO NOW? (The now is redundant, as you can only do things "now". If you're talking about something to "do" in the future, then you're talking about "W…
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