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- From: mikem@ll.mit.edu
- Subject: Re: surgeon puzzle
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.164640.27164@ll.mit.edu>
- Keywords: situation logic
- Sender: mikem@ll.mit.edu
- Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
- References: <C1Gzsu.7pq@fastrac.llnl.gov>
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 16:46:40 GMT
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- In article <C1Gzsu.7pq@fastrac.llnl.gov> dan@danberg.llnl.gov (Dan Bergmann) writes:
- >
- >A man and his son are involved in an automobile accident. The man dies and
- >his son sustains injuries. The son is rushed to a hospital and wheeled
- >into the operating room. The surgeon walks in and says, "I can not
- >operate on this boy. This boy is my son."
- >
-
- Yes, so? What's the puzzle? Did she say anything else? I mean, it's
- certainly clear enough why she wouldn't want to operate on her own son,
- but why did you post this here?
-
- -- Mike Maciolek
- mikem@ll.mit.edu
-