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Pretty sure it's not a duck... (dialup warning) (Original Post) deucemagnet Jun 2013 OP
The next line in the argument would be... A HERETIC I AM Jun 2013 #1
Some people will never see past their rigid and inflexible definition of a duck. deucemagnet Jun 2013 #2
Right. Maybe its an allegory for duckliness. progressoid Jun 2013 #3
It's a duck. Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #4
It's a tricky question isn't it... uriel1972 Jun 2013 #5
Ah yeah? Well, I've got a wager of Blaise Pascal! DetlefK Jun 2013 #6
Also, there are "other ways of knowing" that something is a duck. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #7
Our country was founded on ducks OriginalGeek Jun 2013 #8
One nation under Duck... nt uriel1972 Jun 2013 #9

A HERETIC I AM

(24,365 posts)
1. The next line in the argument would be...
Mon Jun 24, 2013, 10:24 AM
Jun 2013

"You can't prove conclusively that Winnie and Tigger are not in fact, Ducks."

progressoid

(49,978 posts)
3. Right. Maybe its an allegory for duckliness.
Mon Jun 24, 2013, 03:40 PM
Jun 2013
Or perhaps there is a translation issue. The box is Aramaic but the puzzle is Latin.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
4. It's a duck.
Mon Jun 24, 2013, 07:29 PM
Jun 2013

Since the "female" with the pink balloons says it is a duck....oops, I forgot that I wasn't in the feminist group. Sorry, that just annoyed me.

And what will happen when every piece is in place? Don't be surprised if it is still a duck to many people. It must be a duck, or their life is a lie.

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
5. It's a tricky question isn't it...
Mon Jun 24, 2013, 09:18 PM
Jun 2013

but I have a quote from Thomas Aquinos that proves that it's a duck, so that is that.

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
7. Also, there are "other ways of knowing" that something is a duck.
Wed Jun 26, 2013, 05:40 PM
Jun 2013

And clearly these other ways should be given priority over your lying eyes, brain, evidence, and reason.

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