And lo on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:18:06 +0100, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> di
d  

spake, saying:

> Phil Cook <phi### [at] nospamrocainfreeservecouk> wrote:
>> On that note I recall reading somewhere a suggestion that it's caused
 by
>> us thinking in binary - If A = Good then !A = Bad; such that if w
e've  

>> been
>> doing A a lot because we think it's good and it turns out not to be w
e
>> automatically turn to !A, because now that must be good :-)
>
>   Actually we think in ternary. The third value is "I don't care", whi
ch
> sometimes also causes problems when taken to an extreme.

I don't think you'll find anyone who's that neutral.

To use my hypothetical hat-wearing law; there will be those who think it
's  

bad and those who think it's good. It may be possible to argue that thos
e  

who say "I don't care" have no strong feelings either way, but I would  

expect a modifier such as "I don't care, but I think it's a bit stupid" 
or  

"I don't care, but it certainly makes everyone look smarter".

-- 

Phil Cook

--
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