Re: I've'nt (was: Re: Quick Intro)

On Sunday 23 February 2003 11:12 pm, John Cowan wrote:
> Joe scripsit:
> > However, with 'think', you only have two possibilities.  Because if you
> > don't think one is true, you obviously think it's not true.  Therefore,
> > the Negative and Oppositional have merged, and we just have picked the
> > negative as the default.
>
> Not at all.  If you ask me "Do you think there is life on Jupiter?"  I
> reply no. And if you ask me "Do you think there is no life on Jupiter?" I
> reply no. It's often the case that there is a middle ground between
> thinking so and thinking not.
But that would only be if you were insufferably obtuse.  Most people would
respond 'I don't know' for the first question.