Qiaochu_Yuan comments on [Open Thread] Stupid Questions (2014-02-17) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dahlen 20 February 2014 05:51:32PM *  0 points [-]

"Is false when preceded by its quotation" is false when preceded by its quotation.

I feel stupid for this, but I can't quite wrap my head around it. Can somebody please ELI5? (I'm asking LW because it seems to have more than its fair share of math & logic whizzes.)

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 20 February 2014 06:24:31PM 0 points [-]

Have you read the Wikipedia article?

Comment author: Dahlen 20 February 2014 10:19:07PM 2 points [-]

Yes, and I'm still not getting it. Hence the stupid questions thread.