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Re: Truth: what is it? (was: Re: Praise and gripes about 3.0)

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From: Michael Pizolato
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 15:06
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In article <1992Oct3.180849.9395@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>  
adrian@niagara.ucs.ualberta.ca (Adrian Smith) writes:
> In article <2151@dutiws.tudelft.nl> dimitri@dutiws.tudelft.nl (Dimitri  
> Tischenko) writes:
>  
> > Well, !Truth==lie is certainly not true (pun intended!). Because the
> > question "what is truth" is sometimes impossible to answer. For
> > example: "There exists another life besides the one on earth" is
> > this a truth? is this a lie? Maybe it can be both or none?
> > 
> 
> I agree. Ever do any prolog programming? If a consequence cannot be  
> obtained from an information base through the use of inference rules, that  
> does not make the consequence false. It may mean that your database didn't  
> contain the necessary information to obtain the consequence.
> 
> What, if anything, does this have to do with 3.0?

If you're a true NeRD, you'll realize it has everything to do with 3.0.  NeXTSTEP V3.0 is the One True OS, and so our quest for Truth is over. ;-) ;-) ;-)

Michael

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Subject: Re: Truth: what is it? (was: Re: Praise and gripes about 3.0)
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