I hate to break up the fun, and I’m sure we could keep going on about this, but Decius’s original point was just that giving a wrong answer to an open-ended question is trivially easy. We can play word games and come up with elaborate counter-factuals, but the substance of that point is clearly correct, so maybe we should just move on.
That was exactly the challenge I issued. Granted, it’s trivial to write an answer which is wrong for that question, but it shows that I can’t find a wrong answer for an arbitrary question as easily as I thought I could.
“The Battle of Thermopylae” is intended as the alternate for questions which might have “Tau is exactly six” as the answer.
For example: “What would be one consequence of a new state law which defines the ratio of a circle’s circumference to diameter as exactly three?”
I bet that you can’t write a question for which “Tau is exactly six.” and “The battle of Thermopylae” are both answers which gain any credit...
“Write a four word phrase or sentence.”
You win.
Judging by this and your previous evil genie comments, you’d make a lovely UFAI.
I hate to break up the fun, and I’m sure we could keep going on about this, but Decius’s original point was just that giving a wrong answer to an open-ended question is trivially easy. We can play word games and come up with elaborate counter-factuals, but the substance of that point is clearly correct, so maybe we should just move on.
That was exactly the challenge I issued. Granted, it’s trivial to write an answer which is wrong for that question, but it shows that I can’t find a wrong answer for an arbitrary question as easily as I thought I could.