Comments on: The Potato ‘Paradox’ https://www.pentadact.com/2018-08-12-the-potato-paradox/ We're back on a default theme because comments broke on my custom one and I don't have the energy to figure out why Wed, 29 Aug 2018 03:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 By: Spenser Marshall https://www.pentadact.com/2018-08-12-the-potato-paradox/#comment-637496 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 03:22:20 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=9108#comment-637496 It really does use simple enough terms to trick us into oversimplifying the math. I had a brief moment of “well, reducing the overall moisture by 1% is going to draw some amount from each potato, which should sum up to be…ah, fuck it,” and immediately oversimplified it and tripped myself up. Sneaky bastard tubers.

]]> By: Rei Onryou https://www.pentadact.com/2018-08-12-the-potato-paradox/#comment-637494 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 12:23:29 +0000 http://www.pentadact.com/?p=9108#comment-637494 Further reading shows that it’s a ‘veridical paradox’: “A veridical paradox produces a result that appears absurd but is demonstrated to be true nevertheless.”

I’d consider this to be a crucial aspect of emergent gameplay that results in a great anecdote. Much like Dan’s locked door example from your previous blog post.

Or my favourite, how you successfully spread peace in your Gal Civ II “Plan B” diary: http://web.archive.org/web/20141215132233/http://www.computerandvideogames.com/198344/blog/galactic-civilizations-diary-final-entry/?page=3 – Day 30: Solution 5

I learned a lot today. Thanks for this!

Further reading (linked from original Wiki page): https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox#Quine’s_classification

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