xrchz comments on The Parable of the Dagger - Less Wrong

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Comment author: xrchz 26 October 2009 08:29:42PM 6 points [-]

It's not the law of the excluded middle that's the problem, it's the jester's assumption that the entire statement "either this ..., or this..., but not both" is true. The jester reasons correctly under his assumptions, but fails to realize that he still has to discharge those assumptions before reaching reality.