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minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoThis reminds me of Shrek when Pinocchio gets around lying by saying “I don’t know where he’s not,” but if you think about it for one second you’ll see that knowing where someone is also means you know where they aren’t at. So it’s still a lie.
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agomaybe they’re in a quantum superposition, you can never be sure
minus-squarestebo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 hours agono, if you know one of the places where he is you can just observe him and he will be there and then you know exactly where he is and is not
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoBut you can’t just magically remotely view somewhere you can’t see.
This reminds me of Shrek when Pinocchio gets around lying by saying “I don’t know where he’s not,” but if you think about it for one second you’ll see that knowing where someone is also means you know where they aren’t at. So it’s still a lie.
maybe they’re in a quantum superposition, you can never be sure
Then you don’t know where he is!
no, if you know one of the places where he is you can just observe him and he will be there and then you know exactly where he is and is not
But you can’t just magically remotely view somewhere you can’t see.