Poll

[Lakesailor]

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[l'escargot]

but how do you know the ones who say "tell the truth" aren't the ones that lie....?

 

[FergusM]

Isn't that the conundrum that blows up computers? If you say you lie in polls, then you are clearly lying when you say you are lying, in which case you are telling the truth. But if you are telling the truth when you say you are lying, then you are not telling the truth and so on into the great blue yonder.....

 

[Lakesailor]

And that's the irony of it.


If you want a more logical view of life see Here

 

[Evadne]

Wasn't it Plato who said "All men are liars". But then he was a man, so he must have been lying .....

 

[michael_99]

In the end, you only fool yourself if you lie in a poll, as nobody knows you.

 

[Gunfleet]

Was that after the 4.1 win over Germany? Or was that Socrates?

 

[pragmatist]

Thank you LakeSailor - what a joyous site - really cheered up my day !

 

[landaftaf]

I think you ought have another option as in - I dont vote in polls - otherwise how do you get an accurate cross section of responses

 

[Lakesailor]

Very Good Point.

 

[BrendanS]

which is obviously going to have a count of zero as people who don't vote, won't, so no point in putting it in as an option! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Steve Clayton]

I'm reminded of the conundrum where there are two doors each with a guard. Go through one door and it's certain death; go through the other door to safety and freedom.

One guard always lies and the other always tells the truth. You can ask only one question to one of the guards. What's the question you ask to one of the guards to guarantee going through the door to freedom and life?

 

[landaftaf]

ahah - but if ppl lie they may be telling lies about not voting .....

 

[Lakesailor]

Then this is the meaning of life, grasshopper.

 

[Vara]

Rats,I used to be able to vote every time I logged on so with a bit of effort I could skew polls,this loophole seems to have been closed.For your information I only lie 50% of the time when replying to polls.