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#1 User is offline   OleBerg 

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Posted 2009-August-12, 12:49

What if hypothetical situations didn't exist?
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Posted 2009-August-12, 12:53

Hypothetically?
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Posted 2009-August-12, 13:26

They do not exist. So your question is not hypothetical, it just reflects reality.
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Posted 2009-August-12, 13:51

gwnn, on Aug 12 2009, 09:26 PM, said:

They do not exist.

Hypothetically they do.
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We should always assume 2/1 unless otherwise stated, because:

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Posted 2009-August-12, 14:00

Well they might exist but if they were known to exist they probably wouldn't be referred to as hypothetical.
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Posted 2009-August-12, 14:01

All except the null hypothesis.
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Posted 2009-August-12, 17:28

OleBerg, on Aug 12 2009, 01:49 PM, said:

What if hypothetical situations didn't exist?

Then trees would not grow in a forest that no one visited.
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Posted 2009-August-12, 17:37

Obviously this string is the result of boredom....Let's focus on real issues. Like, "why is there air?"
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Posted 2009-August-12, 18:42

"When you eliminate the real, what remains, however unreal, is the hypothetical..."

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Posted 2009-August-14, 08:46

Winstonm, on Aug 12 2009, 06:28 PM, said:

OleBerg, on Aug 12 2009, 01:49 PM, said:

What if hypothetical situations didn't exist?

Then trees would not grow in a forest that no one visited.

That is not the issue. The issue is whether those non-existent trees would make a sound when they fall (hypothetically).
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Posted 2009-August-14, 11:45

ArtK78, on Aug 14 2009, 09:46 AM, said:

Winstonm, on Aug 12 2009, 06:28 PM, said:

OleBerg, on Aug 12 2009, 01:49 PM, said:

What if hypothetical situations didn't exist?

Then trees would not grow in a forest that no one visited.

That is not the issue. The issue is whether those non-existent trees would make a sound when they fall (hypothetically).

Don't forget to consider whether or not the little brown bear would do what little brown bears do in the (non-existent) woods.

That is, if the bear actually exists.
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Posted 2009-August-14, 12:03

One thing I know for certain is that any hypothetical situation involving something embarassing, like a bad rash for example, are never actually hypothetical. Not that I'm speaking from first hand experience of course.
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Posted 2009-August-14, 13:31

G_R__E_G, on Aug 14 2009, 08:03 PM, said:

One thing I know for certain is that any hypothetical situation involving something embarassing, like a bad rash for example, are never actually hypothetical.  Not that I'm speaking from first hand experience of course.

Reminds me:

Patient: A have a friend who has a problem.
Doctor: Pull out the friend, and we'll look at the problem.
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Do not underestimate the power of the dark side. Or the ninth trumph.

Best Regards Ole Berg

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We should always assume 2/1 unless otherwise stated, because:

- If the original poster didn't bother to state his system, that means that he thinks it's obvious what he's playing. The only people who think this are 2/1 players.

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