wedrifid comments on Rhetoric for the Good - Less Wrong

49 Post author: lukeprog 26 October 2011 06:52PM

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Comment author: wedrifid 25 October 2011 08:09:43AM * 3 points [-]

And, if we want to just obliterate the category altogether without having to think explicitly of examples:

"What is an example of a sentence that is too short?"

Comment author: [deleted] 27 October 2011 04:41:47AM * -1 points [-]

"."

walks away

Edit: Added a period, per wedrifid "request." :)

Comment author: wedrifid 27 October 2011 04:56:18AM * -1 points [-]

You do realize that to the extent that is a sentence it excludes itself. Kind of the point...

(Should have a period after it if it is a sentence too.)