Your favorite paradox?

[RealityCheck]

Here's my favorite.

"This sentense contains threee errors."

Can you find all three errors?

 

[Abbadon]

It contains to grammatical errors, and one error in the sentence, claiming that it contains three errors, which makes it true. This is a more advanced version of "This statement is a lie."

Personally, I like "This statement is a flat lie." Look at the screen and think about it.

 

[Abbadon]

fuzzy logic doesn't apply since it is apparent from context his statements are to be taken as propositions

It's like most sinks. You can turn on the hot water, and you can turn on the cold water. You don't really turn on warm water if you have seperate knobs for hot and cold, you let out hot and cold, but it's the same stream of water.

 

[Mystman]

Here's my favorite.

"This sentense contains threee errors."

Can you find all three errors?

There are 10 kinds of people.. those who understand binary and those who don't.

 

[Mystman]

But that isn't a paradox...

uhmz...

I've enjoyed the "Can God create a rock so heavy that he can't lift it." things for a while, untill I spotted the (quite obvious) problem with them:

Can a creature that can do everything do something that causes him to not be able to do a specific thing.

An omnipotent creature that can't do a certain thing is a nonsensical concept.

So now this paradox just gives me mild headaches.

 

[TooCurious]

But that isn't a paradox...

uhmz...

I've enjoyed the "Can God create a rock so heavy that he can't lift it." things for a while, untill I spotted the (quite obvious) problem with them:

Can a creature that can do everything do something that causes him to not be able to do a specific thing.

An omnipotent creature that can't do a certain thing is a nonsensical concept.

So now this paradox just gives me mild headaches.

I think Descartes' answer to that one was, "Yes. And then he can lift it." How's that for headache-inducing?

 

[Daniels]

Where there is spirit of God , there is freedom.

 

[Eudaimonist]

Here is my favorite pair a' ducks.

eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Mystman]

Here is my favorite pair a' ducks.

eudaimonia,

Mark

*doesn't get it*

 

[vajradhara]

*doesn't get it*

para dox

pair a ducks




metta,

~

 

[seanmc]

I do have a favourite oxymoron: "favourite paradox".

 

[AV1611VET]

Which is cheaper:

a) Take 2 people to the movies once?

b) Take 1 person to the movies twice?

 

[Mystman]

para dox

pair a ducks




metta,

~

doh >_<

 

[Mystman]

Which is cheaper:

a) Take 2 people to the movies once?

b) Take 1 person to the movies twice?

Taking 2 people to the movies once. Since you're also going yourself (I think?).

so A= 3 tickets, and B = 2*2 = 4 tickets

 

[AV1611VET]

Taking 2 people to the movies once. Since you're also going yourself (I think?).

so A= 3 tickets, and B = 2*2 = 4 tickets

 

[WhoeverLovesGod01]

Why is "favourite paradox" an oxymoron?

 

[Gottservant]

This thread is too cool.

How about this one:

By the time you have read this backwards, it won't have made sense. (But if it didn't make sense, why would you read it backwards?).

Of course, the key for that one is "time". If there is "time" something can make sense and then not... or can it... that still made sense.

I suppose the key for the second paradox there is "if". Having a choice, we say "if", if we have a choice... but did I have a choice saying that "if"?

Ouch! My head hurts, I think I'm going in circles that don't spiral anywhere.

 

[sparklecat]

Taking 2 people to the movies once. Since you're also going yourself (I think?).

so A= 3 tickets, and B = 2*2 = 4 tickets

Unless you have Orange Wednesdays. Then it's the same price.

 

[Exist]

"I've enjoyed the 'Can God create a rock so heavy that he can't lift it.' things for a while, untill I spotted the (quite obvious) problem with them:

Can a creature that can do everything do something that causes him to not be able to do a specific thing.

An omnipotent creature that can't do a certain thing is a nonsensical concept.

So now this paradox just gives me mild headaches."

I agree. An omnipotent being is a nonsensical concept, unless you redefine "omnipotent" to mean "able to do any physical/material/whatever thing that's logically possible".

So maybe, before man, there was no language, therefore no concept of the illogical? So God may be omnipotent, as far as Truth goes, but not as far as human talk can take it.

Wow, I don't feel good. Feels like I'm on drugs or something, so what I said may not have made any sense at all....stupid fevers....



Now, about the donkey. Is it just me, or does this paradox come down to "Is the concept of 'randomness completely void of any determinants' logical?" I don't see why not, but I still don't believe such a thing exists, simply because my mind can't comprehend it.

Maybe I should look more into that paradox....

 

[quatona]

My horoscope? Leave me alone! I´m a Virgo, and Virgos don´t believe in astrology.