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>From: paulh@cs.uq.oz.au (Paul Henman)
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Subject: Re: An Unanswerable Question
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In <410@itexjct.UUCP> itexjct!warren%itexjct@vms.huji.ac.il writes:

>Edgar.Sleinis@phil.utas.edu.au writes:

>>Is NO the correct answer to this question?

>Douglas R. Hofstadter was asked this at Columbia University when
>he came to give a lecture.  He answered, "Mu".

"Mu" is a word coined by Edward deBono (see e.g. "I'm Right You're Wrong")
which is used to answer questions that can't simply be answered yes or no.


