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The authors then describe ‘the simplest of the devices that would have worked’. Solomon announces that whoever does not end up with the baby will be fined unless they immediately admit to lying. If no one comes clean, the child is auctioned. As long as the true mother is prepared to pay more than the false mother, then this mechanism induces the fake mother to own up. No money changes hands. The real mother gets the baby. This would be the simplest proof of Solomon’s sagacity.

What a crock of shit.

This only works if you *know* the real mom has the wherewithal to pay more than the fake mom; AND that the fake mom (who already had committed kidnapping and perjury) didn't have some psychological disorder which compelled her to get the living baby at all costs.

(Recall the grisly crimes where a pregnant woman was murdered and her unborn, near-term baby stolen so that the murderer could 'have a child of her own' which she then pretended was hers.)

"In theory, theory and practice are the same, but in practice, they're not."

Cheers!

My observation of the credit crunch is this:

I knew that everyone was spending beyond their means. I was "an idiot" and "a dope" for not joining the joyous Doo-Dah parade. At least, that was the consensus, and I was beginning to believe it myself.

Now, here we are, and the economy is in a flat spin.

The answer is that people lie all day, every day, to themselves and to everyone else, and even reality can be denied until it lands on their heads like a pallet of bricks.

How do you get away from the general crowd of sharpsters, when if you try, eventually the government sharpsters will come after you to force you back into the Doo-Dah parade?

It's beyond me, but I'm still thinking about it.

America is dead and gone. The last election was the exclamation point.
It’s now officially every man for himself.
I suggest everybody take a crash course on how to game the system and grab every government penny they can lay their hands before the usual parasites gobble everything up. Remember, the parasites now outnumber the hosts in this country, 53% to 47%, so don’t delay.