I’ve had conversations with my friends on whether his nose grows based on deception or the truth value of the statement. My friend and I with rather secular upbringings grew up thinking it was based on deception and my friends with rather extreme Christian upbringings grew up thinking it was based on the truth. Obviously a very small sample size but I do wonder if there is a correlation
How would he know?
Because, he’d have to know the answer and then willfully lie for his nose to grow. Alternatively, giving a confident answer when he doesn’t know would make his nose grow regardless of him being correct.
They actually get into this in the other panels that aren’t posted. Having trouble finding non-reddit links to it though https://www.reddit.com/r/theotherendcomics/s/9X4C16J7yi
Also, not very experienced adding photos from my phone to comments but trying to attach screenshots
This asks more questions than it answers lmao
Lies of P is looking weird
I think in another comic, it was determined that it doesn’t matter if he knew the answer. The nose knows the answer and changes size based on his answer.
Edit:
Unfortunately truth does not usually equal fact.
“When I talk to philosophers on Zoom, I use a background that’s a picture of my real background so that I can trick them into having a justified true belief that is not knowledge.”
Elaborate.
Archaic example.
Truth: during the middle ages doctors believed that disease was caused by miasma, or “bad air,” and that by breathing it in could cause illness.
Fact: Disease was caused by microorganisms, which spread by vectors such as insect bites, coughing and sneezing, and contaminated drinking water, among others.
