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Gollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

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Gollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago
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    This is a self-referential paradox — a classic logic puzzle designed to be tricky. Let’s break it down:

    Step-by-step analysis:

    1. How many choices? There are 4 possible answers, so if we pick one randomly, the chance of picking any specific one is 1 in 4 = 25%.

    2. How many answers say “25%”? Two.

    3. That means the probability of randomly choosing an answer that says “25%” is 2 in 4 = 50%.

    4. But if the correct answer is 50%, then only one option says “50%” — which is ©. So the probability of picking it at random is 1 in 4 = 25%, contradicting the idea that 50% is correct.

    5. If the correct answer is 25%, then two options say that — a and d. So the chance of picking one of those at random is 50%, not 25% — again a contradiction.

    6. Similarly, if 60% is correct (only one option), then the chance of picking it randomly is 25%, which again makes it incorrect.

    Conclusion: Any choice leads to a contradiction. This is a self-referential paradox, meaning the question breaks logical consistency. There is no consistent correct answer.

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      Chatgpt ass answer lmao

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        haha yeah, I knew it at the “let’s break it down:”
        I was like… I know this voice…

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          “Conclusion:” was the final nail in the coffin

        • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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          The motivation to do so confuses me. There’s no karma to farm here.

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            Why not? Here upvotes do the same as karma in reddit. Absolutely nothing.

            • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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              Eh. On Reddit, karma was intended as an indicator of quality and authenticity. It was heavily flawed and abused by bots and propagandists.

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            It’s still providing a correct explanation to people, I guess

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        Got it right though

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        The © gave it away

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          That’s whatever browser or app you’re using. It rendered as © for me… Bracket, c, bracket

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            Well, parenthesis, and parenthesis, but yes

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              Parentheses can also be called (round) brackets, especially in the UK

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                ah, TIL, thanks

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              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0iFrsCxZa0

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          The em dash is a dead giveaway as well

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            I try to use em dashes when I can, but I think they’re used wrong in the comment above (IIRC they’re not supposed to be surrounded by spaces, but I could be wrong). What tips me off is the unambiguously “LLM” narrative voice and structure (“let’s break it down”, followed by an ordered list). Not that a human can’t type that, but sometimes it seems like ChatGPT is incapable of spitting out words in any other structure.

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              You’re right, en dashes would have been fine there. Em dashes don’t get spaced—and have specific grammatical uses too.

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            I used to use em dashes all the time and now I find myself rethinking my writing styles because of people like you and it’s obnoxious.

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              AI has put me off writing lists.

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            I use em dashes all the time, but I don’t put a space on either side—I feel like that’s not the correct way to use one. If it is, I don’t wanna be correct.

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              I concur with this.

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                Heyo yee em—comrade

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            Y’all have got to stop this shit. Real people use real grammar.

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          Can’t tell if serious because entering ( c ) without the spaces is © in Firefox and other browsers.

          Is it because the other letters don’t have brackets? I don’t use AI to know if that is a thing.

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            © (c)

            :O

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      dontthinkaboutitdontthinkaboutitdontthinkaboutit

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      …so like, which one you picking?

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        E.

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      I would think that if you truly pick at random, it’s still a 25% chance no matter how you cut it

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      ©

      You had to show off, huh

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        The comment - which isn’t edited - uses (c).

        Whatever client you use replaces/renders © [bracket c bracket] as ©.

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          Huh. I think it was just the web version of Lemmy. Weird choice by the Lemmy devs.

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        ™

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