Platypus at 21:04, 13 July 2007

Platypus — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:04:50 GMT

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According to the Jargon File, a collection of hacker jargon and culture, Mu (here pronounced "moo") is considered by
Discordians to be the correct answer to the classic logical fallacy of the loaded question "Have you stopped beating your wife?"
Assuming that you have no wife or you have never beaten your wife, the answer "yes" is wrong because it implies that you
used to beat your wife and then stopped, but "no" is worse because it suggests that you have once and are still beating her.

As a result, various Discordians proposed "mu" as the correct answer, alleged by them to mean "Your question cannot be
answered because it depends on incorrect assumptions". An equivalent English reply would be 'not', instead of 'yes' or 'no', as
'not' is one possible meaning of 'mu'. Hackers tend to be sensitive to logical inadequacies in language (one anecdote
relates of Richard Stallman that he once was asked, in regard to the Editor Wars, if he preferred Vi or Emacs; he answered
"Yes."), and many have adopted this suggestion with enthusiasm.

Do you:
*[[Answer all questions from now on with 'Mu']]
*[[Mu|Pick another answer to the question of what Mu is]]
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Platypus at 21:04, 13 July 2007