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To: Hank Kerchief
If your quip were true, one would be advised to make mistakes on purpose. Doesn't seem right somehow.

If you "make mistakes on purpose," then you're not making "mistakes," but successfully accomplishing the purpose you set out to achieve.

43 posted on 03/21/2003 5:59:59 PM PST by Hoppean
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To: Hoppean
If your quip were true, one would be advised to make mistakes on purpose. Doesn't seem right somehow.

If you "make mistakes on purpose," then you're not making "mistakes," but successfully accomplishing the purpose you set out to achieve.

I do not believe in paradoxes, but you have put your finger on something that is veeeerrry close. What you are saying is you cannot make a mistake on purpose. So, if you try to make a mistake, no matter what you do, even if it is wrong, it is not a mistake, because it was intentional. But suppose you intend to make a mistake, but fail to do it, so what you do actually turns out right? Is doing right in this case a mistake?

Just asking.

Hank

46 posted on 03/21/2003 6:33:04 PM PST by Hank Kerchief
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