Your favorite paradox?

RealityCheck · Jul 21, 2006

Here's my favorite.

"This sentense contains threee errors."

Can you find all three errors?

Abbadon · Jul 21, 2006

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 · Jul 21, 2006

JonF said:
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 · Jul 21, 2006

RealityCheck said:
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 · Jul 21, 2006

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 · Jul 21, 2006

Mystman said:
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 · Jul 28, 2006

Where there is spirit of God , there is freedom.

Eudaimonist · Jul 28, 2006

Here is my favorite pair a' ducks.

eudaimonia,

Mark

Mystman · Jul 28, 2006

Eudaimonist said:
Here is my favorite pair a' ducks.

eudaimonia,

Mark

*doesn't get it*

vajradhara · Jul 28, 2006

Mystman said:
*doesn't get it*

para dox

pair a ducks

metta,

~

seanmc · Jul 29, 2006

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

AV1611VET · Jul 29, 2006

Which is cheaper:

a) Take 2 people to the movies once?

b) Take 1 person to the movies twice?

Mystman · Jul 29, 2006

vajradhara said:
para dox

pair a ducks

metta,

~

doh >_<

Mystman · Jul 29, 2006

AV1611VET said:
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 · Jul 29, 2006

Mystman said:
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 · Jul 29, 2006

Why is "favourite paradox" an oxymoron?

Gottservant · Aug 11, 2006

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 · Aug 16, 2006

Mystman said:
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 · Sep 12, 2006

"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 · Sep 12, 2006

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