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difficulty: easy... maybe
No, I'm not bitter that I didn't major in comp sci, what gave you that impression? Jack the difficulty rating on this one up to "medium" if you can't tell Plato from Play-doh. Actually, even if you took Philosophy 101, or just watched The Good Place, one of these entries might still be a headscratcher (but is totally worth reading up on after you finish, imo). Anyway, probably going to do a themeless next week because I have some hyper-current seed entries I want to burn; hope this puzzle is a nice reprieve from that. Anyway, enjoy the puzzle. Applet under the cut.
Hi Quiara, thanks for the fun puzzle. As you predicted, 46A was unfamiliar but it was readily gettable from the crosses and the linked article was indeed interesting. Have you read Rebecca Goldstein's Plato at the Googleplex? I thought it was fascinating and really clever.
ReplyDeleteI have not! I would like to, though - this sort of pop philosophy book is my jam. I'll see if the library has it.
Delete46-Across problems are second only to trolley problems in terms of how many utterly inane variations on an extremely basic and unlikely premise you can come up with. In a just world there would be epistemology meme pages with page after page of 46-Across problems.
My favorite trolley problem, btw, which I should have attached to the post: https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/117/677/8ea.png
Nice puz!
ReplyDeleteGreat puzzle, thanks!
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