Make an inventory of ALL your knowledge

Factual Questions
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Even ignoring recursion it would still take a very long time:

The lyrics to Enter Sandman by Metallica are: …
Now repeat this for every song you know.

My mother’s eye color is …
My mother’s hair color is …
Now repeat this for every possible physical aspect and every person you know.

I’ve seen the episode of Futurama in which Bender exclaims “Bite my shiny metal ass!”
Now repeat for every television show you’ve seen and every plot device you recall.

The is spelled “T - h - e”.
Repeat for every word you can spell.

The definition of “hirsute” is "Hairy; especially : covered with coarse stiff hairs.
Repeat for every word you know.

I could go on.

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Severian: And every so often, write “Oi! I’ve been compiling this bloody list for three weeks now!” (changed to reflect the current amount of time, local accent, etc.)

And, of course, you can comment on knowing you’ve written what you’ve written, and so on, etc.

Recursion creeps back in… :slight_smile:

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I know this isn’t GQ material. I know this thread is closed. I know you’d have better luck in IMHO or MPSIMS. I know that if you value your posting privileges you will not call Tony Blair a Fascist or post any other inflammatory political opinion in this forum again.

bibliophage
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