Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 12:46:18 01/27/03
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On January 27, 2003 at 15:03:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 27, 2003 at 02:13:08, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On January 26, 2003 at 22:00:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>I'm going to give you a simple task. >>> >>>I want to arrange a race between a motorcycle and a human. one mile (or >>>1500 meters if you prefer) in distance. >>> >>>Exactly _how_ will you limit the motorcycle to make this _fair_? >> >>I would start out by making sure the contestens raced the same distance, not >>fair to move the finishline closer to the motorcycle. >>:) > >The distance was already defined. exactly 1500 meters for _both_. That's out >of the way. > >:) > > >> >>>The two competitors have _zero_ in common. How is it possible to >>>"equalize" two things that have absolutely no common ground at all? >>> >>>The answer: "it isn't possible". >> >>Right, which means all that matters is the fight is clean and fair. >> >>-S. > >And the human will lose _every_ time. Is it still fair? Or is the motorcycle >different >enough that the contest is interesting, without trying to limit the >displacement, limit >the weight, limit this, limit that, trying to make the motorcycle into something >that is >somehow "closer" to a human, even though the concept is so badly flawed it isn't >worth >discussing??? Could I make a proposal? I think that if we put the motorcycle into a black box and nobody knew that it would be a motorcycle inside and we named it a runner in a black box, that then the match is fair enough. Ok I would allow the human runner one liter of castor oil, but only one liter, then it would be _absolutely_ fair. :) Rolf Tueschen > > >> >>>Which means "this is a really pointless argument to take up as it will just >>>go around in circles." >>> >>>Now if you want to hold the race, that can be arranged. But it will _never_ >>>be fair. It will just be a "race"...
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