| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14652 Registered: 4-2010 |
Repetition begets repetition, and in the process, bugs me. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4309 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does the repetition bug you? As in annoy you? Or give you actual bugs? repetition 1=repetition 2? Or are they repetitions of different things? Begets=causes? Creates? | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 1536 Registered: 9-2010 |
Repetition begets repetition... as in an infinite loop? A perpetual motion machine? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1740 Registered: 2-2011 |
repeating mistakes? bad behaviour? repeating an action? something spoken? an echo? is a person repeating something? and then another person repeating that? history repeating itself? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14653 Registered: 4-2010 |
Does the repetition bug you? Yes As in annoy you? Yes Or give you actual bugs? No repetition 1=repetition 2? Or are they repetitions of different things? They are the same repetition of two different things. Begets=causes? This Creates? Repetition begets repetition... as in an infinite loop? Not really A perpetual motion machine? No repeating mistakes? bad behaviour? Neither repeating an action? something spoken? This, but it can be written as well an echo? is a person repeating something? Yes and then another person repeating that? Yopish history repeating itself? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1749 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it like Chinese whispers? or gossip? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14658 Registered: 4-2010 |
is it like Chinese whispers? or gossip? Neither | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1755 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it to do with passing on instructions? teaching? parents telling their kids something? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14672 Registered: 4-2010 |
is it to do with passing on instructions? teaching? parents telling their kids something? No to all. HINT: The title is relevant. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 4316 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is Socrates at all relevant? (Sorry, first thing that springs to mind...kaylee is confuseded kitteh *sigh* =( ) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14673 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is Socrates at all relevant? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1766 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it people passing on information about a particular philosophy? philosopher? is it just wrong? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14678 Registered: 4-2010 |
is it people passing on information about a particular philosophy? Noish philosopher? No is it just wrong? What do you mean by this? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1771 Registered: 2-2011 |
does it annoy you because the piece of information is wrong? is it because it's banal? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1772 Registered: 2-2011 |
do people repeat it because it's true? an amazing insight? the only possible way to describe something? do they repeat it because they can't think of anything better to say? beacuse it's what people always say in those circumstances? important to work out in what circumstances people say this? a breakup? a bereavement? or is it advice? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14687 Registered: 4-2010 |
does it annoy you because the piece of information is wrong? Yesish, and... is it because it's banal? Noish... do people repeat it because it's true? an amazing insight? the only possible way to describe something? None of these are why do they repeat it because they can't think of anything better to say? Maybe beacuse it's what people always say in those circumstances? Maybe, but less likely. Focus more on what it is than why it was said important to work out in what circumstances people say this? YES a breakup? a bereavement? Neither or is it advice? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14688 Registered: 4-2010 |
BLOOPER: is it because it's banal? Yesish, and... | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1930 Registered: 12-2010 |
Stoopid Frentch interwebz eated mai kweshunz! Relevant what kind of people repeat it? If so, friends of yours? family? fellow students? professors? "the media"? celebrities? politicians? Is it a quote? a proverb? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14696 Registered: 4-2010 |
Relevant what kind of people repeat it? Yesish If so, friends of yours? family? fellow students? professors? "the media"? celebrities? politicians? None of these are the ones I'm looking for. Focus more on the circumstances. Is it a quote? Noish a proverb? No | ||
| Fionakelleghan (Fionakelleghan)
New member Username: Fionakelleghan Post Number: 333 Registered: 7-2011 |
Balin, I'm slightly discouraged by your last set of answers, but I'm going for a couple of guesses anyway: 1) Are you thinking about film reviews, because they're inescapable, sometimes hilariously wrong, or 2) articles in science magazines such as Nature, Discover, Scientific - any science popularizing journal ... 3) articles about life-saving medical wonders 4) any writing about science - wait, you wrote re "Is it a quote" - you answered "noish" Okay, Fiona here, I don't really know all of the clues and so on that you use here. I want to return to the beginning. Balin, I'm looking for something that "bugs you" - something that makes you impatient? I'm fascinated and determined to find the answer. Relevant what kind of people repeat it? You said, "Yesish." Balin, I have at times been a writer of popular science; I've written about science fiction; I know a lot of scientists and authors. Will my knowledge of these folks help me to figure out the answer? I need sleep desperately so I'm going to send hugs to you, and hope for good dreams and sleep. Fiona | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1789 Registered: 2-2011 |
is it something people say to cheer people up? is it advice? congratulations? consolation? something people say to motivate others? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14709 Registered: 4-2010 |
Balin, I'm slightly discouraged by your last set of answers, but I'm going for a couple of guesses anyway: 1) Are you thinking about film reviews, because they're inescapable, sometimes hilariously wrong, or No 2) articles in science magazines such as Nature, Discover, Scientific - any science popularizing journal ... Noish 3) articles about life-saving medical wonders No 4) any writing about science It could be found in certain ones - wait, you wrote re "Is it a quote" - you answered "noish" Correct Okay, Fiona here, I don't really know all of the clues and so on that you use here. I want to return to the beginning. Balin, I'm looking for something that "bugs you" - something that makes you impatient? Yes I'm fascinated and determined to find the answer. Relevant what kind of people repeat it? You said, "Yesish." That's right Balin, I have at times been a writer of popular science; I've written about science fiction; I know a lot of scientists and authors. Will my knowledge of these folks help me to figure out the answer? Maybe - assume Noish I need sleep desperately so I'm going to send hugs to you, and hope for good dreams and sleep. Thanks -- I hope you slept well! Fiona is it something people say to cheer people up? is it advice? congratulations? consolation? something people say to motivate others? No to all | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1797 Registered: 2-2011 |
urban myths? pseudo-scientific "facts"? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14716 Registered: 4-2010 |
urban myths? No pseudo-scientific "facts"? No, but this is starting to approach a relevant area. THE THREE THINGS THAT WILL HELP YOU THE MOST IN THIS PUZZLE: -The context of the statement -The type of statement -The title of this puzzle | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1938 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is a philosopher relevant? Do people constantly say something about a philosopher that is false? Misquote him? Misunderstand his ideas? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14723 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a philosopher relevant? Yope, but a certain something philosophy-related is very relevant Do people constantly say something about a philosopher that is false? Misquote him? Misunderstand his ideas? No to these, with an -ish to the last one | ||
| Biograd (Biograd)
New member Username: Biograd Post Number: 1859 Registered: 6-2008 |
Is something named after a philosopher relevant (such as Cartesian coordinates, named after Rene Descartes)? a philosophical text? a particular style of argument (I guess that's more logic than philosophy, but oh well)? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14728 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is something named after a philosopher relevant (such as Cartesian coordinates, named after Rene Descartes)? No a philosophical text? Noish a particular style of argument (I guess that's more logic than philosophy, but oh well)? Well, one particular argument. You can solve this without knowing exactly what the argument is. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1817 Registered: 2-2011 |
one thing that bugs me is people saying "Money is the root of all evil" when in fact it's the love of money. but many people haven't heard the original and so they repeat the misquote. is it something along these lines? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14738 Registered: 4-2010 |
one thing that bugs me is people saying "Money is the root of all evil" when in fact it's the love of money. but many people haven't heard the original and so they repeat the misquote. is it something along these lines? No, but that bugs me too. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4352 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is a saying relevant? Does saying this thing often provoke the same response? Are you the one doing repetition #2? Are you tired of explaining to people why repetition #1 is incorrect? Evolution vs creationism relevant? Some other manufactured controversy? Religion relevant at all? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14742 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a saying relevant? Yope Does saying this thing often provoke the same response? Yes Are you the one doing repetition #2? Sometimes Are you tired of explaining to people why repetition #1 is incorrect? Yesish, because... Evolution vs creationism relevant? Yes, but the puzzle would work if it weren't Some other manufactured controversy? Religion relevant at all? Somewhat; see previous answer HINT: What, in philosophy, almost always precedes a response? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 1943 Registered: 12-2010 |
A question? Do people repeat the same (philosophical?) question over and over again? Is it one of Kant's four questions? So, there's a question that is asked repeatedly and an answer to it that is given repeatedly? You said the context of the statement is relevant - do you mean the location? the mood the person is in? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14746 Registered: 4-2010 |
A question? No Do people repeat the same (philosophical?) Yes question No over and over again? Yes Is it one of Kant's four questions? No So, there's a question that is asked repeatedly and an answer to it that is given repeatedly? Yes, but not a question asked. You said the context of the statement is relevant - do you mean the location? No the mood the person is in? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 1829 Registered: 2-2011 |
a proposition? a theory? a hypothesis? an argument? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14752 Registered: 4-2010 |
a proposition? a theory? a hypothesis? an argument? This one! | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4360 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the evolution of the eye relevant? Some other outdated creationist argument? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14772 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the evolution of the eye relevant? No Some other outdated creationist argument? No, though it is a creationist argument. The puzzle would still work if it weren't, though. HINT to try and get this to the end: Remember the puzzle statement -- "Repetition begets repetition, and bugs me." You should have all (or nearly all) of the pieces. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4363 Registered: 9-2009 |
Actual bugs relevant? Evolution? An experiment? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14776 Registered: 4-2010 |
Actual bugs relevant? Evolution? An experiment? No to all. Only philosophical arguments are relevant. | ||
| Galfisk (Galfisk)
New member Username: Galfisk Post Number: 4374 Registered: 9-2009 |
Any specific philosopher relevant? Does the argument contain a fallacy? If so, does the second repetition include explaining the fallacy? Naming it? Pointing it out? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14798 Registered: 4-2010 |
Any specific philosopher relevant? No Does the argument contain a fallacy? No If so, does the second repetition include explaining the fallacy? Naming it? Pointing it out? It's much simpler than that. Think debates. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14812 Registered: 4-2010 |
RECAP-cum-HINTS because we're almost at the end: Repetition begets repetition, and bugs me. A philosophical argument is involved, but the argument itself is neither of the repetitions. Think debates, and you should be able to figure this out easily.} | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1714 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is it something like one says "X is white" to which the other says "No, X is black" which further elicits the first to say "No, X is white" and so on ad nauseam? At least OTRT? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 14816 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is it something like one says "X is white" to which the other says "No, X is black" which further elicits the first to say "No, X is white" and so on ad nauseam? Yesish At least OTRT? Enough for me to post the **********SPOILER********** Repetition begets repetition When debating a science condition. When "kalam" has been played, An objection is laid; The response is the same. Quite efficien'. This is a complaint I have about some philosophical debates. One popular argument for the existence of God is the kalam cosmological argument (everything that begins to exist has a cause, the universe began to exist, therefore the universe has a cause). And almost every single time, the same objection to the argument is given ("Then who made God?" which is repetition 1), leading to the same counter-rebuttal ("God exists outside of time" which is repetition 2). I get bugged because hearing the same counterargument over and over, especially a rebuttal which has been answered already, OK, enough of this puzzle. Nice work Galfisk, Rbruma, etc, and check out my new puzzle below. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 1716 Registered: 9-2009 |
Nice puzzle Balin. These arguments and their rebuttals (one and the other repeated over and over) bug me too. Chicken and egg problem, so to speak. |
