In the Incredibles, the mother tells Dash that everyone is special. Then Dash replies, it's the same as saying that no one is. What a mature line for a seemingly kid-friendly movie! Anyway.
I agree. It's kind of Taoist in a way. The Wikipedia says that there exists two sides for every one concept. That is, to be special, there must be someone that is not.
So, to make a universal claim for all elements in a set that an attribute is true, that is effectively saying there is no attribute at all. If we all have money, or if we all have super powers, then what are we talking about? You must be thinking of some external element that lacks either money or superpowers. All is the same as nothing, and nothing is the same as everything.
Oh, and another thing. If two things are truly binary, then there is no sidedness between them. Sidedness is purely constructed. If there really was a difference between up and down, you're thinking of some higher order function, which is beyond the scope of just up and down, or heads and tails, or 1 and 0.
Posted by Mark Canlas at November 16, 2004 06:29 AMDoes that mean we shouldve WON the chapter roll coin toss beacuse both sides were heads??
Posted by: Wrex at November 16, 2004 11:21 PMNo, Wrex. Pledges never win. =)
Posted by: Mark at November 19, 2004 07:17 AM