The bartender asks “Do all three of you want a beer?”

The first logician says “I don’t know”.

The second logician says “I don’t know.”

The third logician says “Yes.”

  • MxM111@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    If he has not made a mind, he does not want beer. He might want beer few moments later, but at the moment of answering the question, he does not. That’s what my logic tells me.

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      1 year ago

      Hmm, that’s true, if the question is if all three in this moment wants a beer, then not knowing if you want it means that you don’t currently want it in the strictest sense 🤔

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      1 year ago

      This is a good point, but I’ll move the goalposts very slightly and suggest that human brains are capable of wanting something without knowing that they want something. For example, if you say you don’t know whether you want a beer, and then the person next to you orders a beer, then at that moment, you might realize that you really did want a beer before.

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        1 year ago

        It’s been shown that your brain makes it’s decision several seconds before your consciousness is aware of it.

        So, it just takes a second for the Ego to catch up with the Id

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          1 year ago

          More like 100-300 ms, but yes. However, this is much shorter time than to say “I do not know”

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            1 year ago

            I think the areas of your brain that would be responsible for carrying out the decision start activating before you’re consciously aware of making the decision.

            It’s been a hot minute since I read the article on it, so I’m not 100% sure on the explanation.