On 4/1/15, rysiek <rysiek@hackerspace.pl> wrote:
Dnia poniedziałek, 30 marca 2015 16:48:57 Lodewijk andré de la porte pisze:
"Existence or non-existence" - what about "maybe exists" vs "definitely does or does not exist"?
If we all agree that "maybe" means "probably does not exist" and "definitely does or doesn't exist" means you probably do have one, this seems to be no problem.
Ah, modal logic. Hounting me from beyond the gra^Wcollege...
From The Collaborative Cypherpunks Dictionary of Sanity v.0.0.0.001 [cypher]:
Hounting \Hound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Haunded}; appl. to mental state, part. in hist. context, physchological self-pursuit; existential addictive thought appeal[ing|s] to the liberty cortex; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hounting}.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see {Ambition}); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see {Home}). [root]36.] [OE. hound, hund, dog, AS. hund; akin to OS. & OFries. hund, D. hond, G. hund, OHG. hunt, Icel. hundr, Dan. & Sw. hund, Goth. hunds, and prob. to Lith. sz?, Ir. & Gael. cu, L. canis, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. [,c]van. [root]229. Cf. {Canine}, {Cynic}, {Kennel}.] A rapping and a tapping and a strumming in the brain, A hounting and a trouncing; Oh! that libertarian strain; [Anon. 2015] [Begging for enhancement by extension.]