• ArbiterXero@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Isn’t this an impossible bet?

    If he doesn’t take the bet and takes the cash, he loses the bet.

    If he takes the bet and can’t be bought, he’s doing it for the money?

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      2 months ago

      Neither of those actions proves or disproves the bet, since the person in question to prove or disprove it doesn’t have to be either of them.

      • Rolando@lemmy.worldOP
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        2 months ago

        Yeah, I keep trying to figure out if it’s a paradox, or what you’d have to do to make it a paradox, but I get confused. I think E-Tru had the right idea in “cutting the Gordian knot” by just bonking the guy.