Friday, February 12, 2010

Paradoxes

Today I am going to tell you one of my favourite and lame subject Paradoxes. They are statement or question that goes round and round and never end. It is a circular statement or question, in other words, contradict itself. They are quite interesting.

Let me give you the simplest example:I am lying.

If I am lying that I am lying, it means, I am not lying, but if I am not lying that I am lying, it means I AM lying. But if I am lying that I am lying, I am not lying...You see, it goes on and on.

There are other Paradoxes like:
1) The next Sentence is true. The previous sentence is false.

2) To pass the test, you will have to fail it.

3) To complete the mission, you have to not complete the mission.

4) Can you accept the mission if the mission is not to accept the mission?

5) A: B is saying the truth. B: A is lying

6) An ABCDian said, "All ABCDian are lairs'

7) If a crocodile steals a child and promises its return if the father can correctly guess what the crocodile will do, how should the crocodile respond in the case that the father guesses that the child will not be returned?

8) I am in need of a thing that you can get only if you do not need it.

9) Is the answer to this question no?

10) I know that I know nothing at all.

11) To download program A, you have to not download any program while downloading program A. Can you download Program A?

12) You have three dice, A,B and C. When you roll Dice A with Dice B, The number on Dice A would definitely be bigger than the number on Dice B. When you roll Dice B with Dice C, The number on Dice B would definitely be bigger than the number on Dice C. When you roll Dice C with Dice A, The number on Dice C would definitely be bigger than the number on Dice A. What happens when you roll three of the dice together?

13) The first number that can be considered "dull" rather than "interesting" becomes interesting because of that fact.

14) law student agrees to pay his teacher after winning his first case. The teacher then sues the student (who has not yet won a case) for payment.

15) A no smoking sign is showed on a Ashtray ( a object used to collect the remains of a cigarette)

16)There is always an exception to all rules, except for the rule of exception, which gives give the rule of exception an exception, an exception from itself. 'There's always an exception to a rule'. This is 'the rule of exception'.

17) StOp tHiS rAnDoMnEsS

All the above statements are paradoxes. Some are easy to understand while others are pretty hard to explain. You see, they all revovles around the same point.

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