Peng Sing once showed me an MSN conversation with his friend:
Peng Sing: I really love Fireflies.
His Friend: What is fireflies?
Peng Sing: It’s a song by Owl City.
His Friend: What is Owl City?
Peng Sing: It’s the people who sing Fireflies.
That, Peng Sing used as an analogy for circular reasoning that we typically encounter, without realizing that it traps us in a loop that provide us with no new information. Today, my sister gave me a dose of something similar:
Sister: Eh, this guy looks like ‘Xiao Jing Teng’ (some singer).
Vib: I don’t know how he looks like.
Sister: He looks just like this guy.
Thanks Sis, you win.
