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1996-12-30 - Re: Betting and Truth

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From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
To: “Timothy C. May” <tcmay@got.net>
Message Hash: 5e39a5bbd962cb9dfb2b28ee522981383894d6465ffdffb2d251132f65f1fe06
Message ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961229182726.15540A-100000@crl8.crl.com>
Reply To: <v03007800aeeccd02263a@[207.167.93.63]>
UTC Datetime: 1996-12-30 02:40:04 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 18:40:04 -0800 (PST)

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From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 1996 18:40:04 -0800 (PST)
To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: Betting and Truth
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                          SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> Robin and Nick have even more faith in bets as a tool, but Sandy has, at
> least on our list, been more of a user of such bets.
> 
> My problem has always been that they rarely work...in fact, of the last N
> such bets which were offered (e.g., by Sandy) I can't recall a single one
> which was ever even accepted, let alone which was settled. (And I recall
> "bets" offered to Phill Hallam-Baker, Dimitri Vulis, etc.)

Tim's error is assuming that the offer of the bet did not "work"
merely because the bet was not taken.  All the bets I offered 
achieved effects I intended.  (Exercise for the student, and all
that.)  


 S a n d y

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