Re: Paradoxes
Posted by: fivex
Date: 2008-10-29 15:19:41
Well just the question alone is a paradox!
The answer to this question has to be true, or false!
Is the answer to this question false?
That's a context question.
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Well just the question alone is a paradox!
The answer to this question has to be true, or false!
Is the answer to this question false?
That's a context question.
Well just the question alone is a paradox!
The answer to this question has to be true, or false!
Is the answer to this question false?
That's a context question.
(In answering Glitchhuntress's question)
A paradox is a self-contradicting statement. Pretty much.
What about this one?
This statement is true.
The above statement is false.
(In answering Glitchhuntress's question)
A paradox is a self-contradicting statement. Pretty much.
What about this one?
This statement is true.
The above statement is false.
Makes sense to me.
Is the following statement a paradox?
"Am I lying?"
"I gave birth to two sons. One is a girl."
-This sentence contains six words.
-This sentence does not contain seven words.
-This sentence doesn't contain six words.
-This sentence has a period.
-All statements in this post does not have an x in it.
Nothing listed on this page is a paradox.
-Consider a situation in which a father and son are driving down the road. The car collides with a tree and the father is killed. The boy is rushed to the nearest hospital where he is prepared for emergency surgery. On entering the surgery suite, the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy. He's my son." (This is not a paradox either, figure out why)
-Consider a situation in which a father and son are driving down the road. The car collides with a tree and the father is killed. The boy is rushed to the nearest hospital where he is prepared for emergency surgery. On entering the surgery suite, the surgeon says, "I can't operate on this boy. He's my son." (This is not a paradox either, figure out why)
Or the surgeon is female.
A sphere can, topologically, be turned inside out.