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31 Post author: Clippy 22 May 2010 10:03PM

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Comment author: Nisan 23 May 2010 06:07:06AM 0 points [-]

If a paperclipper asserts x, then the right question to ask yourself is [...] "Why does the paperclipper want me to believe x?"

Or "Why does the paperclipper want me to believe it wants me to believe x?", or something with a couple extra layers of recursion.

Comment author: ata 23 May 2010 06:14:54AM * 12 points [-]

Or, to flatten the recursion out, "Why did the paperclipper assert x?".

(Tangential cognitive silly time: I notice that I feel literally racist saying things like this around Clippy.)