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Re:Ask HN: What are you predictions for 2022? by Debug_Overload on Friday December 31, 2021 @05:25AM (#29746606)
This is awesome because it generates a fun paradox.
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Re:Ask HN: What are you predictions for 2022? by bryanrasmussen on Friday December 31, 2021 @05:29AM (#29746641)
no it doesn't, it is only guaranteed to generate a fun paradox if the prediction was "all predictions will be false".
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Re:Ask HN: What are you predictions for 2022? by midasuni on Friday December 31, 2021 @05:51AM (#29746774)
The paradox would be “this prediction will be wrong”

“All predictions are false” could be wrong, because other predictions are right even though some are wrong.

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Re:Ask HN: What are you predictions for 2022? by bryanrasmussen on Friday December 31, 2021 @06:52AM (#29747175)
yes you're right, although I think my example is more likely to exist than the previous.
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Re:Ask HN: What are you predictions for 2022? by smcl on Friday December 31, 2021 @05:45AM (#29746734)
Earlier there were only about 5 comments, two of which involved this "most predictions here will be false" - however one was sadly deleted and nobody else decided to play ball :D
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