macronencer comments on The Parable of the Dagger - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Pamelina 19 October 2010 02:01:04AM 0 points [-]

<i>If you do this, the case where the second inscription is true and the first box contains a frog is also consistent.</i>

No, because in that case the first inscription would also be true. Both inscriptions cannot be true.

Comment author: macronencer 17 January 2012 02:20:50PM 0 points [-]

Interestingly enough, I just mapped this whole problem out carefully in a spreadsheet, and it appears to agree with zzz2. I'll have to check it now that I've seen your comment.