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22 MAR 1984
THREE-VALUED LOGIC: True, false & funny.
This is actually an eight-valued logic, since all three values are
independent, representing three degrees of freedom, each with two states.

FALSE TRUE FUNNY
  0     0    0   Null reaction, meaningless.
  0     0    1   Funny but meaningless.
  0     1    0   Serious truth, belief, science.
  0     1    1   True and funny, new truth, aha!
  1     0    0   Serious falsehood, standard worldview.
  1     0    1   Errors, jokes, the lie exposed.
  1     1    0   Paradox, dilemma and conflict. Not funny.
  1     1    1   Freedom from belief. Liberation. 
                   Hilarious ambiguity. 
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