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>From: chester@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Craig Abbott)
Subject: Re: why question
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santas@inf.ethz.ch (Philip Santas) writes:
>>
>>I remember a similar story from a few years back, where the question on the
>>paper was "Answer this question."
>>The guy who got top marks just answered "Question this answer."

>The diagnosis for such recursive cases is "Pathological self reference",
>and proves the well known theorem: a stupid answer is the only possible for
>a stupid question (the reverse is not always true).

>Philip Santas

Another story in the same vein:

	Q:"Is this a question?"

	A:"If that is a question then this is an answer."

Also 'A' material I believe.....


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