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dchftcs 65 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Blogging can just be stating the obvious

"I know this" is different from "I know you know this", which is different from "You know I know this", which is still different from "you know I know you know this"

tehnub 65 days ago | [–]

Indeed. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_knowledge_(logic)

mdemare 64 days ago | [–]

“When everybody knows that everybody knows” by Steven Pinker is about this.

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