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If my goal was to fail, and I failed, did I succeed or fail?

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Reply 1
yes
You succeeded in your goal. But it's also true you that you failed at the task.
Reply 3
Yes, you succeeded at failing
Original post by shadowdweller
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You succeeded but looked pretty stupid at the same time
You failed the task you were set. i.e cooking fried chicken (you burnt it)

put you succeded at your personal goal, which was to fail.
Original post by shadowdweller
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You logically fail but you succeed :tongue:
Failure is not an option.
Reply 8
I think both, but in different respects. The first respect is failing at the task at hand, and the second respect is succeeding at your overall goal.
Logical Paradox FTW
A much more interesting question. If Pinocchio says "My nose grows now", what would happen?
What you wanted to happen, happened. You succeeded in your goal.

P.S. Philosophy = poncey nonsense :biggrin:
You succeeded to fail, but failed to succeed.
Reply 13
Original post by TheonlyMrsHolmes
You succeeded to fail, but failed to succeed.


That, That hurts my head. :s-smilie:
success :party:

but you did fail too :console:

but :party:
Original post by flan20
That, That hurts my head. :s-smilie:


I'm sure that's because your head is too beautiful :wink:
(edited 8 years ago)
Reply 16
Original post by TheonlyMrsHolmes
I'm sure that's because your head is too beautiful :wink:


You remembered how handsome I am. :biggrin:
Stop playing with my head like that :puppyeyes:
Reply 18
you succeed in failing but if the thing you wanted to succeed in was failing failing then you have failed the thing you wanted to succeed in but succeeding in what you wanted to fail so it was a total failure.
Reply 19
Original post by callum_law
A much more interesting question. If Pinocchio says "My nose grows now", what would happen?


"Now" is essentially an instantaneous moment. If Pinocchio's nose can assess time-based lies then it must have some sense of time; let us assume there is a smallest unit of time it can measure. As soon as one of these units of time has passed since Pinocchio made the claim, his nose will grow.
That's assuming he was in normal state to begin with. If he says it when his nose is already growing then his nose should continue growing as there's no reason for this truth to cancel out whatever lie he told.

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