There’s at least one more trivial mistake in this post:
Is their nothing more to the universe than their conflict?
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Constant wrote:
Arguably the difficulty the three have in coming to a conclusion is related to the fact that none of the three has anything close to a legitimate claim on the pie.
If you modify the scenario by postulating that the pie is accompanied by a note reading “I hereby leave this pie as a gift to whomever finds it. Enjoy. -- Flying Pie-Baking Monster”, how does that make the problem any easier?
This post reminds me a lot of DialogueOnFriendliness.
There’s at least one more trivial mistake in this post:
s/their/there/Constant wrote:
If you modify the scenario by postulating that the pie is accompanied by a note reading “I hereby leave this pie as a gift to whomever finds it. Enjoy. -- Flying Pie-Baking Monster”, how does that make the problem any easier?