alt Hacker NewsThis makes no sense. It's like asking:
"Alice is in Denver. Is Alice in (a) Canada or (b) Mexico?"
- Your boundary between Canada and Mexico is at 40° latitude, more southern than 53% of the population.Replies
hmokiguess • yesterday at 10:09 PM
I recommend this reading: https://empiricalzeal.com/2012/06/05/the-crayola-fication-of...
phaedrus • yesterday at 9:45 PM
Someone should make a parody site asking whether shades of yellow are red or violet.
TZubiri • yesterday at 11:12 PM
Wow, crazy to see someone thinking there's an official objective color definition
miltonlost • yesterday at 9:47 PM
Your example would only be valid if "blue" and "green" had objective answers for when something is Blue and something is Green and have clear demarcated boundaries. You're switching to a literal boundary example where there are actual lines to be crossed. Colors are a fuzzy continuum; national boundaries, not including fought-over areas like the Sea of Japan, are easy to be in or not.
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What if it was phrased differently?
Rather than asking "Is this blue or green?", it's "Does this look more blue to you, or more green to you?"
Because then your analogy becomes "Is Alice closer to Canada or Mexico?"