Perspective
Mar. 7, 2015
Lessons from Rock, Paper, Scissors
The "transitive principle" is logical, predictable and reliable, and undeniably, unequivocally and universally true ... except when it's not. By David B. Simpson
"Rock, Paper, Scissors." You know the game. Two of you stand face-to-face, pumping a fist to the chant of one, two, and then on three you each re-shape your fist into either a "rock," by tightening your fist," or a "paper," by flattening your hand palm down, or a "scissors," by making a V with two fingers. Then you see who won. Paper beats rock, because paper can cover a rock. Scissors beats paper, ...
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