Re: Riddles (was: Lateral Thinking)

From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sun Dec 31 2000 - 23:56:25 MST

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At 10:33 PM 31/12/00 -0500, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky claimed implausibly:

>The riddle itself is a Hofstadterian self-answering riddle.

How... disappointingly... inadequate. So much build up, so little pay off.

I need to see this alleged lateral wonder unpacked.

Damien Broderick

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