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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 14 hours ago

Technically they're not even asking me to answer the statement.

It only states that if I pick an answer then something. And I just don't.

The idea that you must mark an answer is only implied by it being a standard test.

This might seem silly, but it happens in real life too. For instance:

Please choose the correct answer to the question: Is Mitch McConnell dead or alive? Yes or no.

The republicans have chosen not to answer that test. Can we blame them? Yes, but for what, they didn't do anything? They are avoiding the Schrödinger paradox by choosing inaction. In some other kinds of cases it might be criminal to withhold information through inaction, but it's always difficult to prove such a case.

Buddhism also has a lot of these riddles, where the correct action or teaching is to not acknowledge the question.

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