On 9/19/2011 2:40, Invisible wrote:
> question who's meaning is obvious,

And we're telling you that the meaning isn't obvious, because the very 
phrasing of the sentence makes it absurd.

> (Which I guess just means that nobody actually knows the
> answer... which is cool, I guess.)

No, it means the question as you asked it is meaningless, even if everyone 
tries to interpret it in the way you think you meant it.

> People do this ALL THE TIME.

We're not arguing that your phrasing of the question is too anthropomorphic. 
We're arguing that the phrasing of your question is *meaningless*.  There is 
no interpretation of what you asked that can be answered.

It's like asking "does a submarine swim?"  The question is meaningless 
*because* of the anthropomorphic choice of words. There is no right answer, 
because any interpretation of the question leads to the answer "the question 
makes no sense."

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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