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Concept of Mu tells you to unask the question

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Nothing irritates a rational mind quite like a master refusing to play by the rules. The concept of Mu is used when a question is fundamentally flawed, meaning neither yes nor no applies. Instead of answering, you are instructed to unask the question entirely. It is essentially the philosophical equivalent of closing a broken software program rather than trying to fix the glitch.

Concept of Mu tells you to unask the question
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