Paradox time

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  1. Vanitas Gummi Ship Junkie

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    So I thought I'd collect some paradoxes. :) Do not bother your heads with one for too long...

    "Will your answer for this question be 'No'?"

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    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?"

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    This sentence is false.
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    "I know that I know nothing at all."

    "A Cretan says: "All Cretans are liars!"."

    "An adult male barber shaves all men who do not shave themselves, and no one else. Can he shave himself?"

    "You are given two indistinguishable envelopes and you are told one contains twice as much money as the other. You may open one envelope, examine its contents, and then, without opening the other, choose which envelope to take. Will you take the opened or the closed envelope?"


    "Can a time traveler send himself information with no outside source?"

    "If truth does not exist, the statement "truth does not exist" is a truth, thereby proving itself incorrect."

    "Cats always fall on their feet. Buttered toast always lands buttered side down. What if you put a buttered toast on the cat's back and drop it?"

    "You see 3 doors. The first two are closed and the third is wide open and you see a room inside with 3 other doors. Which door will you walk through?"




     
  2. TheMagicalMisterMistoffelees Professional Crazy

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    What the **** do you think you're doing with this bbcode.
     
  3. Advent 【DRAGON BALLSY】

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    First one isn't a paradox. You could answer "Of course not." If you wanted to make it a paradox, you'd have to word it "Will our answer for this question be a negative response?" I was too lazy to read the rest.
     
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  5. Vanitas Gummi Ship Junkie

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    Wasting your time.

    @Ioan: I think it assumes you to answer Y/N like in the lie detecting tests.
     
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