billswift comments on Pound of Feathers, Pound of Gold - Less Wrong

2 Post author: Annoyance 23 October 2009 05:48PM

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Comment author: billswift 23 October 2009 10:30:42PM *  0 points [-]

Another way of looking at it is an ambiguity between two close but not identical meanings of "pound". Which is why it is tricky, not really because it's esoteric. Also, it's not really all that esoteric, most people learn about the difference as kids, mostly through this riddle.