What is Paradox?
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a statement that appears to be self-contradictory but may actually be true
You can't change who you are unless you want to, but whether you want to is part of who you are. Some paradox.
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I went back in
time and accidentallykill ed myself, but I'm not gone because since I was never born. I never came back andkill ed myself, so that means I'm still alive inthe future to come back intime andkill myself, which is why I'm here, having justkill ed myself and restarted the vicious cycle. I'm stuck in aParadox .
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Somewhat like a Mindfuck. Paradoxes are usually used as an example for the impossible or that god exists. Such as with every negative will come a positive.
If there is Anti-Matter, how can there be matter?
The girl died of , but thanks to the research done by the scientists based on her case, they were able to save the lives of many others.
You prevent your mother from creating yourself with your dad. But as a result, you wouldn't exist, therefore you couldn't do it in the first place. It's essentially an endless cycle.
These are examples of a paradox.
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The collection of two docks
American Middle-Man: Man! That guys so rich he has a paradox!!
American Middle-Man #2: Couldn't have bailed us out could he?
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A sound logical argument leading to a logical absurdity.
Here is a paradox:
Nothing is better than a glass of beer.
A half-glass of beer is better than nothing.
Therefore, a half-glass of beer is better than a glass of beer.
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A sound logical argument leading to a contradiction.
Russell's Paradox is a good example. Russell poses the question: "If R is a set of all sets which don't contain themselves, does R contain itself?" If it does, then it doesn't. If it doesn't, then it does.
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