Talk:Loki's Wager

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Contents 1 Example? 2 In Shakespeare 3 References? 4 Foolish dwarves...

[edit] Example?

It would be good to add an example here. Most frequently I'd see this kind of argument being made in theological discussions, i.e. over whether God exists, which would be sidetracked into endless debate over the nature of God (e.g. can God make a rock so heavy he can't lift it) which would result in never actually addressing the real question. Perhaps the most famous recent example would be Bill Clinton's quibble over "what the meaning of is is" which turns a simple question into some esoteric debate over the nature of existence. It might be nice to come up with an example that is theologically and politically neutral, but I don't think the anon's example quite captured the real meaning of the wager. -- Kendrick7^talk 19:45, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In Shakespeare

This kind of reasoning was used in The Merchant of Venice, where Shylock was permitted to take a pound of flesh but not entitled to injure Antonio in the process of doing so —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.253.117.67 (talk) 21:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] References?

I could not find any references to this subject. I mean there are sources for Loki's Wager, but I cannot find any in reference to the use as term for a logical fallacy. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 21:49, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

The more I look into this, the more circular references I find to Wikipedia mirrors and forks, or to skeptic's blogs and such. Unless sources are forthcoming within a reasonable period of time, this article is heading to AfD. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 22:02, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

A reference has since been found. DS (talk) 13:44, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Foolish dwarves...

Interesting that some clever dwarf didn't offer to just take the top half of Loki's head, so that there would be no possibility of taking any of the neck. Seems that would have had the desired result. Applejuicefool (talk) 17:51, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

They ended up sewing his mouth up, instead. The loss of his mouth (and as he fixed it up, his beauty) was viewed as sufficient punishment. Axel Löfving (talk)