Catch 22
On a website for a political party, they had a poll:
"Do you think news polls can accurately predict the results of this election?"
70% said no, 30% said yes.
But isn't that a catch-22? If you said, "No, polls can't predict results", then obviously this one is wrong. So the 70% who said "polls can't predict results" are wrong - and they can.
But if you said, "Yes, polls can predict results" then obviously the 70% percent who said they couldn't are right - therefore they can't.
Politics - "Let your yes be no and your no be yes." Amen, Pastor Graham.
"Do you think news polls can accurately predict the results of this election?"
70% said no, 30% said yes.
But isn't that a catch-22? If you said, "No, polls can't predict results", then obviously this one is wrong. So the 70% who said "polls can't predict results" are wrong - and they can.
But if you said, "Yes, polls can predict results" then obviously the 70% percent who said they couldn't are right - therefore they can't.
Politics - "Let your yes be no and your no be yes." Amen, Pastor Graham.
posted by Noof @ 9/07/2006 08:07:00 pm
5 Comments:
At September 07, 2006 9:08 pm,
Nachmanke (chris' teddy) said…
It's too late for that to make any sense. Chris doesn't even know where he's enrolled to vote! Except for a vague 'somewhere in Brisbane that I've lived for the last few years'. A phone call to the electoral commission is in order methinks.
At September 07, 2006 9:46 pm,
Redhillducks said…
Oh, speaking about not knowing where to vote... I've moved about 12 times in the past 4 years. So I'm not sure where I'm enrolled...
At September 09, 2006 3:54 pm,
Anonymous said…
the poll did specify results of the election noof ;), not results in general :p
At September 11, 2006 10:42 pm,
Anonymous said…
It doesn't matter who you vote for you end up with a politician winning the election
At October 01, 2006 9:49 pm,
Anonymous said…
Apparently with this election just passed a lot of people rang up the electoral commission to complain that there was nobody to vote for. And some people even wrote in their own candidates on the voting slip - including Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader! (wish i'd thought of that first!!!!) :P
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