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Martin

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One day Chuang-tzu and a friend were walking along a riverbank. "How delightfully the fishes are enjoying themselves in the water!" Chuang-tzu exclaimed.
"You are not a fish," his friend said. "How do you know whether or not the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
"You are not me," Chuang-tzu said. "How do you know that I do not know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
 

b0mbrman

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Originally posted by: Martin
One day Chuang-tzu and a friend were walking along a riverbank. "How delightfully the fishes are enjoying themselves in the water!" Chuang-tzu exclaimed.
"You are not a fish," his friend said. "How do you know whether or not the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
"You are not me," Chuang-tzu said. "How do you know that I do not know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
"You are not me," his friend said. "How do you know that I do not know that I do not know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
"You are not me," Chuang-tzu said. "How do you know that I do not know that I do not know that I do not know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?"
"You are not me," his friend said. "How do you know that I do not know that I do not know that I do not know that I do not know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?"

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