Consider the following two statements: "I am thinking about a tree that no one is thinking of" and "I am thinking that there's a tree that nobody is thinking of."
A. The first is self contradictory but the second is not.
B. The second is self contradictory but the first is not.
C. Neither is self contradictory.
D. Both are self contradictory because they mean the same thing.
Answer: A
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