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"Some people say light is waves, and some say it's particles, so I bet light is some in-between thing that's both wave and particle depending on how you look at it. Am I right?" "YES, BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE!"

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

In an n-dimensional problem space where n>0, the probability of the truth lying anywhere on a line between point A and point B is infinitessimally small.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is also true. I like to evaluate solutions outside the presented dichotomy in general, and that often means outside the line between them, but I didn't want to complicate my initial explanation that much.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago

It's just the same point xkcd made.