Buridan's ass It describes a hypothetical scenario where a donkey, equally hungry and thirsty, is placed equidistant between a stack of hay and a pail of water.

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Buridan's ass is a philosophical thought experiment illustrating the paradox of free will and decision-making. It describes a hypothetical scenario where a donkey, equally hungry and thirsty, is placed equidistant between a stack of hay and a pail of water. Unable to make a rational choice between the two, it starves and dies of thirst.


ChungChih Li

2015我在蘋果寫了一篇《布里丹之驢》譏諷朱立倫，那時洪秀柱罵他是「畏懼挑戰、選擇安逸的驢，蒙著眼睛繞著磨坊打轉，還被主人抽打」。我覺得朱若為驢，布里丹之驢更像。那是哲學家布里丹悖論裡的一頭笨驢，自以為絕對理性，只走最近的路，在一堆稻草與一口井之間，兩邊距離完全一樣，這隻絕不走遠路的驢子因此無法做決定，最後飢渴而死。十年過去了，風雲人物換了好幾批，洪秀柱已走向共產黨，不少老藍男則走進台灣(如曹董等)，只有朱立倫還是朱立倫，深藍也還是罵一樣的話，畢竟 Buridan's ass is still a Buridan's ass。