A card has written on side A: The statement on side B is a LIE
On side B is written: The statement on side A is TRUE
Answers please.
2006-06-12 20:31:40 · 22 answers · asked by CurlyQ 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
1. meaning of a paradox: A STATEMENT WHICH IS clearly absurd.
2. AS PER SIDE A: SIDE B IS A LIE
3. AS PER SIDE B: SIDE A IS TRUE.
THEREFORE THE STATEMENT ON SIDE A INVERTS THE MEANING OF SIDE B - THE STATEMENT ON SIDE A WILL BE UNTRUE.
THIS THEREFORE INVERTS THE MEANING OF SIDE A - WHICH WILL NOW BE INTERPRETED AS: THE STATEMENT ON SIDE B IS THE TRUTH!
THIS IS SOO ABSURD - WHAT DO U THINK?
2006-06-13 00:18:29 · answer #1 · answered by straw_berry_girl 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is an 'impossible' type paradox, because the conditions set for the paradox remain untrue to the facts given...
The card has written on side A: The statement on side B is a lie..
while on side B : The statement on side A is true... which is actually a lie, which implies that the Statement " The statement on side B is a lie" is a lie...
This means that the statement on side B has to be the truth.. which makes the statement on side A a truth...
Many people think that such a statement is a paradox, but it cannot be one, due to wrong representation of the facts...
2006-06-12 22:48:02 · answer #2 · answered by Ash 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clearly, neither of these two statements can be considered independently of each other. They are interdependent..
As they stand, both statements can't be true nor can they both be lies. It follows that one is a lie and one is the truth. In order to solve the problem I have to invent two people. One who always tells the truth and one who always tells lies. I don't know which is which but both know the truth about the cards. I then ask either one of them ( It does not matter which) the following question " If I asked the other person which side of the card contained the true statement. What would he say" When you have listened to the answer you will know that the truth is the very opposite of what that person said.
Think about it! If you ask the person who always tells the truth. He will tell you a lie because he will tell you what the other (untruthful) person said ie. a lie. If, however, you had asked the person who always tells lies. he will tell you the opposite of what the other (truthful) person said. ie. a lie. So, as stated above, no matter who you ask, and you don't need to know who is telling the truth or telling lies, you know that the opposite of their reply is the truth.Note!! I have only given myself the right to ask one question.
Without inventing the liar and the honest person I don't believe that the problem is resolvable because there is insufficient information.
2006-06-12 23:22:43 · answer #3 · answered by Veritas 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During a rhetoric course this came up.
This does have an answer, but unfortunatley requires looking at the both concepts through many diffrent thinkers.
You could argue abstarctly as well for example.
You could argue the card as a whole is not distinct from its two sides, therefore as a whole contradictory, therefore untrue.
You could argue on langue, definitions of truth and lie.
Here you could argue that the words are values and not abosolutes.
I would arge definiton of words in terms of values, meaning true is not always an abosulte and can be a value. and vice versa.
therefore the statement on side A is an affrimative.
because i would argue the statement on side B with regards to True is objective to the observer.
2006-06-12 20:59:46 · answer #4 · answered by nefariousx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no solution. If A says B is a lie, that means that B is A is false, but we're still getting the conditions. thus when reading the whole thing, we're getting nothing of it, because the two statements contradict each other.
A = b is a lie
B = A is true
You reverse it, and you get A = B is true, and B = A is false, then you get nowhere, and you won't get an answer....
2006-06-12 20:39:10 · answer #5 · answered by ryanprague1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Statement on B is a lie. And on B it is written that A is true. So actually A is false.
2006-06-12 21:10:50 · answer #6 · answered by know it all 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's pretty simple... Side B is a lie, which states that Side A, which says that Side B is a lie, is true, which means that Side A is a lie, due to which side B is not a lie, which means that it is true, due to which Side A is also true..., which means that somebody messed up the card real bad and I'mma kick their ***.
(Maybe it's got something to do with reverse psychology or something like that.)
2006-06-12 20:41:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then the statement on side A is false.
Just a guess.
2006-06-12 20:57:05 · answer #8 · answered by Jenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means the same tha\in. On side A lies your truth and side B hides the lie, but it's kind of tricky so i'm not sure. But it doesn't seem like a paradox to me.
2006-06-12 20:33:52 · answer #9 · answered by *Samantha* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The statements on the card are fallacious.
2006-06-12 20:35:56 · answer #10 · answered by Hillbillies are... 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋