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minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-211 days agoThis is the original, better version
minus-squareTheKingBee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoI’ve never understood it the other way around, you definitionally have to have your cake to eat it. What one wants to do is eat the cake and then still have it…
minus-squaremnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoI suspect the cause is that the the layperson couldn’t wrap their head around the original version (because it’s supposed to be a paradox) and ended up switching it around to “make sense”
This is the original, better version
I’ve never understood it the other way around, you definitionally have to have your cake to eat it.
What one wants to do is eat the cake and then still have it…
I suspect the cause is that the the layperson couldn’t wrap their head around the original version (because it’s supposed to be a paradox) and ended up switching it around to “make sense”