Monday, April 26, 2010

How do we know?


A Taoist master and his friend, a famous logician, were standing on the bridge that crossed the river Hao.

The Taosit looked down and said, "How happy the fish are!"

The Logician said, "How do you know whether the fish are happy or not?"

The Taosit said, "How do you know that I don't know whether the fish are happy or not?"

The Logician said, " Because I'm not you, I don't know whether you know that the fish are happy. And you are not fish, so how do you know whether the fish are happy?"

The Taosit said, " I know the fish are happy by standing here now,"

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