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« on: Nov 7th, 2012, 10:08am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Michael, Edward and William are reminiscing in a bar. Current topic of their conversation is their eccentric friend Chico, who will join them soon. William asks: “How old is Chico?” Michael answers: “He is 47 years old.” Edward says: “Nah. He is 48 years old.” They were both right. How is that possible?  
 
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« Reply #1 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 12:47am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
The left is where Chico sits.
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« Reply #2 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 3:46am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
The answer is more complex than that.
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« Reply #3 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 5:06am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Chico spent a year in a box with a cat. He both lived and did not live during that year.
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« Reply #4 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 5:45am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
This answer is certainly complex, and it made me laugh, but I needn’t tell you that it is also incorrect.
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Re: Chico  
« Reply #5 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 7:04am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/24999650/ns/today-parenting_and_family/t/m edical-marvel-baby-macie-hope-was-born-twice/#.UJvJe4Z6JbU  Grin
 
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Today (or Yesterday or Tomorrow) is Chico's birthday and Michael and Edward are sitting on either side of the International Date Line (assuming that the bar is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean)  Wink
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« Reply #6 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 9:47am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
According to the traditional chinese way of calculating the age, a person is born with age 1 and adds one every chinese new year.  So, a baby that is 2 days can be considered as 2 years old.
 
So a person can well be 48 on the chinese calendar and 47 on the gregorian calendar.
 
With space travel and relativity, it is not clear what is "now" in remote places.  So whether the time where a person far far away celebrates his 48th birthday is in the past or the future relative to some point in space-time depends on the speed of the reference.  It could be in the past for one person and in the future for another person that is walking by.
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« Reply #7 on: Nov 8th, 2012, 12:43pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Gotit got it. Grin It is midnight and Chico is celebrating his birthday.
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