League of Psychic Nutcases - So Begins the Holiday Season
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1. mu
"Mu" is the correct answer to the classic trick question "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?". Assuming that you have no wife or you have never beaten your wife, the answer "yes" is wrong because it implies that you used to beat your wife and then stopped, but "no" is worse because it suggests that you have one and are still beating her. According to various Discordians and Douglas Hofstadter the correct answer is usually "mu", a Japanese word alleged to mean "Your question cannot be answered because it depends on incorrect assumptions".
Hackers tend to be sensitive to logical inadequacies in language, and many have adopted this suggestion with enthusiasm. The word "mu" is actually from Chinese, meaning "nothing"; it is used in mainstream Japanese in that sense, but native speakers do not recognise the Discordian question-denying use.
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mu? wtf?
Quote:
Originally posted by Traveler: I think it is my favorite. First it is a comedy. And I like Shakespeare's comedies then how easily Beatrice and Benedick get fooled. I got the film with Denzel Washington.
I memorised Henry V's speech to his army before fighting the French. Don't ask me to quote it. My mind empties as fast as it is filled. I just know "band of brothers" because it is a title of a TV mini series on the 101st Airbourne Division.
yeah, its definitely my favorite, and i've seen the film. Kenneth Branaugh is obsessed XD
love that speech. my history teacher memorized it for our european studies class sophomore year in high school.
did you see carwood lipton (pretty sure it was him anyway) in the little interviews they had in the beginning of each band of brothers ep? i think it was like the last ep, where they had the interviews at the end, where he quoted that exact line in the Henry V "we happy (he says lucky) few, we band of brothers, for he today that sheds his blood with me today shall be my brother." good speech.
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I learned "mu" this week. It is a fun word, that's wtf?
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well wtf is it? its a letter i know that much, but a word?
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::points up a few posts::
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ah see u were tricky and posted to MsA before i could post my 'wtf' post :-P so u and she posted like two seconds before i could XD gotcha.
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It is like a Mobius strip. There is no end.
Mu: There is no answer.
Moot: Having no practical significance.
Is it me or does anyone else find it strange all these words begin with the letter M.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler
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No. M is tricky letter like that.
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Hello YinYang:
It looks like I will have another item to discuss with God when I meet him. Well; if I meet him. The chance of that happening gets less every day.
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=28764731
Traveler
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*looks around* ..."mobius"?
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