Scott Adams Thread (Garfield Cartoonist)

[freebeard]

yesorno-yesorno-yesorno?

I'd have gone with "I will give you my answer, but..." and launch into an explanation of three-value logic and the Fallacy of the Excluded Middle and how about "Yes, no, or needs context?"

Slowly, as to eat up their allotted time.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

yesorno-yesorno-yesorno?

I'd have gone with "I will give you my answer, but..." and launch into an explanation of three-value logic and the Fallacy of the Excluded Middle and how about "Yes, no, or needs context?"

Slowly, as to eat up their allotted time.

I wish I were quick on my feet (which is why I type instead of speak). I come up with the perfect response, and perfect joke, about 5 minutes after the conversation has moved on. There's some sort of information queuing/processing issue I've got.

If only my whit was this quick-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEZOzA43_F4

[freebeard]

Don't feel bad, it's a universal human trait:

Wikipedia
L'esprit de l'escalier - Wikipedia
An older English term that was sometimes used for this meaning is afterwit; it is used, for example, in James Joyce's Ulysses (Chapter 9).. The Yiddish trepverter ("staircase words") [4] and the German loan translation Treppenwitz express the same idea as l'esprit de l'escalier.However, in contemporary

yesorno -- needs context -- yesorno -- needs context -- yesorno -- needs context -- yesorno -- needs context

The score so far today: BONG (Blue Origin New Glen) to orbit, a second successful booster catch, but a lost (new prototype) Starship.

edit:

If only my whit[sic] was this quick-

I don't see it, two edits at 2:00 and 2:21.

2nd edit: Respectfully, just think "I don't give a whit about wit."

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by freebeard

I don't see it, two edits at 2:00 and 2:21.

2nd edit: Respectfully, just think "I don't give a whit about wit."

He's not Shapiro quick, but he's still quick. Just providing a coherent answer to "why do we need a philosopher" immediately is impressive. Then he allows her time to dig a hole of stupid, then closes out the commentary reinforcing why complex decision making requires philosophy.

I even searched the spelling for the word I've never attempted before.