Re: Betting and Truth

[Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>]

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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> Robin and Nick have even more faith in bets as a tool, but Sandy has, at
> least on our list, been more of a user of such bets.
> 
> My problem has always been that they rarely work...in fact, of the last N
> such bets which were offered (e.g., by Sandy) I can't recall a single one
> which was ever even accepted, let alone which was settled. (And I recall
> "bets" offered to Phill Hallam-Baker, Dimitri Vulis, etc.)

Tim's error is assuming that the offer of the bet did not "work"
merely because the bet was not taken.  All the bets I offered 
achieved effects I intended.  (Exercise for the student, and all
that.)  


 S a n d y

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