Lewis Carroll, Henry Holiday and Joseph Swain's Tragicomedy
References in snrk.de to Martin Gardner’s annotations to The Hunting of the Snark: 07: What I tell you three times is true. Chaos, Co-Ordinated by John MacDougal (pseudonym of Robert Lowndes & James Blish), p. 36~57 in Astounding Science Fiction, October 1946 11: the Baker’s 42 boxes 13 and 14: the Baker’s hot names 15: … Continue reading “Annotations to Annotations”
001 “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried, 002 As he landed his crew with care; 003 Supporting each man on the top of the tide 004 By a finger entwined in his hair. 005 “Just the place for a Snark! I have said … Continue reading “What I tell you three times is true!”
I can prove that Joe Biden stole the election. What I tell you three times is true! (MG007) Let’s check the rumors. The following program counts assertions in order to check whether they are true. As everybody knows, assertions become facts if they have been told three times. The input to the function “atLeastThrice” is … Continue reading “Truth isn’t Truth”
https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-019-01651-4 Psychonomic Bulletin & Review October 2019, Volume 26, Issue 5, pp 1705–1710 Repetition increases perceived truth equally for plausible and implausible statements Lisa K. Fazio, David G. Rand, Gordon Pennycook Abstract: Repetition increases the likelihood that a statement will be judged as true. This illusory truth effect is well established; however, it has been … Continue reading “Repetition increases perceived truth”
“Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried, As he landed his crew with care; Supporting each man on the top of the tide By a finger entwined in his hair. “Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice: That alone should encourage the crew. … Continue reading “The Failing Occurred in the Sailing”
He thought he saw a Garden-Door That opened with a key: He looked again, and found it was A Double Rule of Three: ‘And all its mystery,’ he said, ‘Is clear as day to me!’ Lewis Carroll, Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded After going in the wrong direction for a while, … Continue reading “A Double Rule of Three”