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this sentence contains seven words.

this sentence does not contain seven words.








:cry:

we're not allowed to get out of it by using contractions. Any brilliant philosophers here? I'm only a budding brilliant philosopher.
 

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This sentence contains seven words, you moron.

This sentence does not contain seven words, anymore. :)
 

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this sentence contains "seven words".
 

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Sentences about Self-Reference and Recurrence google it shows..
Try that... :shrug:
 

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Please say it ain't so.
 

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Sage, that can't be right, because if you're going to do that... what about sent? Or con?
 

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It's PHILOSOPHY class!

THERE IS NO DAMN ANSWER!!!


i love philosophy class but I'll never understand it. I figure it's pretty close to being a writer--being a philosopher. You spend a lot of time thinking about stuff that makes your head hurt, then write it down, then moan about how much it all sucks.

HOLY SHIT I FOUND A LIVE VERSION OF JUDY AND THE DREAM OF HORSES!!! EXCUSE ME WHILE I CEASE TO CARE ABOUT PARADOXES!!

the one on our homework is a LOT harder. I don't even see why it is a paradox.
 

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Anyway, Jo, I don't even do my homework. Why would I expect YOU to?!
 

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Sage, that can't be right, because if you're going to do that... what about sent? Or con?
A ha! I went over the sentences & looked for other words & didn't see those. I was going to say that the second one probably wasn't right 'cuz even with ten words, it still contains seven.

Then my internet went out, just like it did RIGHT NOW. (post, darn you!)
 

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Is the second one because "7" is a number, Ray?
 

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The sentence below is true.
The sentence above is false.

Ben, author (well, okay, plagiarist) of non-self-referential sentences.
 

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i love philosophy class but I'll never understand it. I figure it's pretty close to being a writer--being a philosopher. You spend a lot of time thinking about stuff that makes your head hurt, then write it down, then moan about how much it all sucks.

I wanted to be a philosopher for a while when I was a kid. Then I realized probably nobody was going to pay me for doing that. ;)
 

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Jane, read my link... It's a philosophical question about paradoxes, or the lack of. :)

Your link owns Jo's accusation hardcore :D

That isn't homework, we just addressed it inconclusively in class.

Ownage link.
 

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The only good writer I ever knew of to get a degree in philosophy was John Scalzi.

Life is just not logical, alas, er... actually Hooray!

My answer would have involved talking about the two words that are presently contained, but not spelled out. "Space" and "period".

No, I didn't need to look that up.

;)
 

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to be honest I can't even wrap my mind around an existing explanation of the paradox, let alone a satisfying solution/conclusion.

No don't worry I was NEVER considering a degree in philosophy.
 

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Containment inside does not = spelled out.

Thus, there are two more presences in the first sentence. Spaces between the words, and a period at the end.

I knew a guy who had a degree in philosophy. He uses this to trick women into sleeping with him (and it doesn't work...). He uses it to talk about the book he's going to write (and he never will...). He uses it to get really big tips talking with hipsters at the bar where he is a tender, and a jerk. Anyway, not every philosopher is like that, but too many of them are for me to be comfortable sitting in a classroom full of them.
 

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This is not the title of this post. This is not the first sentence. It is not the second sentence. This sentence does not begin with a 't.' This sentence does not end with a letter. This is not the last sentence. This is not the next sentence. This is not the previous sentence.
 

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this is not me making any connections between neurons in my heeeeeaaddddd

(also me not sleeping with a cheesy philosophical bastard)