Let us go through some deep & rigorous logical thinking which would lead us to a clear policy in dealing with terrorism/fundamentalism.
TWO QUESTIONS, one easy one hard (the second –more uncomfortable– one should come next post).
So step 1 (the easy one).
QUESTION ” Would you agree to deny the freedom of speech to every political party that has in its charter the banning the freedom of speech?”
One step further, “Should a society that has elected to be tolerant be intolerant about intolerance?
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This is in fact the incoherence that Goedel (the grandmaster of logical rigor) detected in the constitution while taking the naturalization exam.
I wrote about idiots asking me if one should be “skeptical about skepticism”, using a similar answer put to Popper about ” if one could falsify falsification”.
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Please answer. People who agree may not like the next question.
via Let us go through some deep & rigorous logical… – Nassim Nicholas Taleb.