Wednesday, December 07, 2005
- A million to one
There's something i've been meaning to write about for a while. Not to people who view this desolation, i never thought id get a hit. The original intention of this little splatter was to remind me of stuff.
I'd not beat around the bush then- Imagine this scenario. There are 2 men in a room.
Stop giggling.
This room is empty, except for a box. In this box is a handphone. The phone has an extremely loud ring, and the box is made of normal cardboard. It sits between the 2 men, who are both equally physically healthy.
Suddenly, one man cocks his head, turns his ear towards the box, and says "the phone is ringing".
The other man puts his hear against the box, shakes his head and disagrees, calling the man crazy.
Is he?
Who's the insane one here? the man who hears ringing, or the man who doesn't?
What if 50 other people came into the room saying that the phone wasn't ringing? What if they said it was? Would it matter?
The only way the verify and certify anything then becomes a matter of common opinion, which is flawed at most. Surely all the other 51 could be crazy? No? Why not?
Things arn't always black and white.
Now excuse me, i'm off the vandalise the USS Renown parked in the Singapore River. It was quirky at first, but now the Yo-yos it's firing out it's side cannon is getting pretty annoying. And the merlion thinks so too.
There's something i've been meaning to write about for a while. Not to people who view this desolation, i never thought id get a hit. The original intention of this little splatter was to remind me of stuff.
I'd not beat around the bush then- Imagine this scenario. There are 2 men in a room.
Stop giggling.
This room is empty, except for a box. In this box is a handphone. The phone has an extremely loud ring, and the box is made of normal cardboard. It sits between the 2 men, who are both equally physically healthy.
Suddenly, one man cocks his head, turns his ear towards the box, and says "the phone is ringing".
The other man puts his hear against the box, shakes his head and disagrees, calling the man crazy.
Is he?
Who's the insane one here? the man who hears ringing, or the man who doesn't?
What if 50 other people came into the room saying that the phone wasn't ringing? What if they said it was? Would it matter?
The only way the verify and certify anything then becomes a matter of common opinion, which is flawed at most. Surely all the other 51 could be crazy? No? Why not?
Things arn't always black and white.
Now excuse me, i'm off the vandalise the USS Renown parked in the Singapore River. It was quirky at first, but now the Yo-yos it's firing out it's side cannon is getting pretty annoying. And the merlion thinks so too.