What is the Answer?

CinnamonGirl

Active Member
The phrasing of the question is a paradigm. If you choose an answer to “this question” at random what are the chances you would be right? The question is specific to itself not specific to “any question on a multiple choice test” The logical argument is that since the question is fixed any answer is correct therefore making the chance of picking the correct answer 100%. However, since there is no answer to this question the percentage chances of getting it correct are 0% It is the chicken and the egg or the endless circular argument.
 

JohnnyGreenfingers

Well-Known Member
The phrasing of the question is a paradigm. If you choose an answer to “this question” at random what are the chances you would be right? The question is specific to itself not specific to “any question on a multiple choice test” The logical argument is that since the question is fixed any answer is correct therefore making the chance of picking the correct answer 100%. However, since there is no answer to this question the percentage chances of getting it correct are 0% It is the chicken and the egg or the endless circular argument.
You have a nice brain...
 

CinnamonGirl

Active Member
A paradigm of what? cn
oh. . .dear. . .I've annoyed the bear. . .okay, I'm lazy to write it myself--the following is poached from wikipedia:

One important aspect of Kuhn's paradigms is that the paradigms are incommensurable, meaning two paradigms cannot be reconciled with each other because they cannot be subjected to the same common standard of comparison. That is, no meaningful comparison between them is possible without fundamental modification of the concepts that are an intrinsic part of the paradigms being compared.


therefore there has to be an answer when there is no answer is incommesurable--and btw the argument can be made that 50% is also correct since it is the halfway point between 100% and 0%--a toss of the coin-- i dunno it's a mindfuck :)
 

cannabineer

Ursus marijanus
You haven't annoyed me! I was confused because I didn't know how "paradigm" applied to the situation. Off to google Kuhn's paradigms. Thanks! cn
 

chicken bob

Active Member
The phrasing of the question is a paradigm. If you choose an answer to “this question” at random what are the chances you would be right? The question is specific to itself not specific to “any question on a multiple choice test” The logical argument is that since the question is fixed any answer is correct therefore making the chance of picking the correct answer 100%. However, since there is no answer to this question the percentage chances of getting it correct are 0% It is the chicken and the egg or the endless circular argument.
it was the chicken
 
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