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A moment of spooky simultaneous agreement between Jorge and I! Except for one problem... On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote: > > A very entertaining dialogue, Nick. Mind if I butt in? > > >"What if flying characterises some avatars and not others? I think we > >have three alternatives: > > > >1. Mr Bird can fly: TRUE. Mr Bird cannot fly: FALSE. > > > >2. Mr Bird can fly: TRUE. Mr Bird cannot fly: TRUE. > > > >3. Mr Bird can fly: NA'I. Mr Bird cannot fly: NA'I. > > > >In case (1), we have my statistical Median Bird, which is not your Mr > >Bird. > > But it is. I don't see the median bird as being Mr. Bird. Remember, the median US family has 2.3 children, whereas Mr. American Family usually has 2, but He's been seen often enough with no kids, and sometimes with even 9. -- jipno se kerlo re mei re mei degji kakne