Re: Lateral Thinking

From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky (sentience@pobox.com)
Date: Sun Dec 31 2000 - 19:22:14 MST


Dale Johnstone wrote:
>
> Second guess:
>
> You are two boxes, each inside the other, etc.
>
> You are exactly what you claim.
>
> The riddle is a meta-riddle. It's not actually a riddle. The riddle is it's
> own solution.
>
> If that's wrong then I give up! :)
>
> Dale Johnstone.

TA-DA!

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" <sentience@pobox.com>
> To: <extropians@extropy.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2000 9:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Lateral Thinking
>
> > I am two boxes, each inside the other;

The answer containing the riddle, the riddle containing the answer.

> > I am myself, I have no brother;

The two are one.

> > I am exactly what I claim;

The substance of its own text.

> > If you guess this riddle, speak my name.

Congratulations to Dale Johnstone for guessing 'this riddle'.

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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence



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