virus: Re: Making sense out of dollars
Nathaniel Hall (natehall@lgcy.com)
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 08:39:23 -0600
Nathaniel Hall wrote:
>
> Reed Konsler wrote:
>
> > I look into my in my wallet and see I have 23$. That is
> a fact. I
> > now know something new in the world . Am I a theorist now
> too?
>
> >The Nateman
>
> Yes.
>
> What you have in you pocket is a set of metal objects
> attached to a ring.
> These are valuable to you in some sense but not legal tender
>
> You have one small round silver object which is very similar
> to
> those objects you understand to be dimes.
> You recall that dimes have a value of 10 cents.
> You have two objects that are very similar and which seem
> like those objects called nickels
> And three pennies, you get the idea.
>
> If "facts" are so obvious why did the US government stop
> issuing
> Susan B. Anthony dollar coins? Sexism? Hardly, people
> glanced
> into their pockets and mis-identified them as quarters.
>
> So, yes, even in saying you have 23 cents in tour pocket you
>
> are a theorist.
>
> Reed
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>
> Reed Konsler
> konsler@ascat.harvard.edu
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> But your theory is really bad because I wrote I had 23 dollars! (Do
> you keep spare change in *your* wallet?)
> The Nateman