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From: raskin@yale.ARPA (Andy Raskin)
Newsgroups: net.startrek
Subject: Re: I, Mudd (Norman and the Gang)
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Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 16:23:18 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 16 16:23:18 1985
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>One of the gems of logic that the gang uses to overwhelm the Androids is:
>
>            Kirk: "Everything Harry Mudd tells you is a lie."
>            Mudd: "Norman, I am lying now."
>
>       This blows Norman away!  It seems to me that the flaw in the logic is what
>       if Kirk is lying?
	
It doesn't matter.  In fact, Kirk is totally irrelevant to the logic.  Once
Mudd states that he is lying, the circle begins (and Norm blows a fuse).

This is clearer if we just change Mudd's statement to "What I am now saying is
a lie."  The whole idea is silly, since it involves playing on language, not
logic, but I guess Norman isn't smart enough to figure it out.


				Andy Raskin
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