can anybody tell me the simple meaning of 'paradox'? thanx!!!?

Answer 1

A man spent 9 hrs. in an emergency room. When he complained, he was told that many people were sick and there was only a pair-o-docs.

Answer 2

(I)A paradox is defined as something that contradicts itself.
Let's say, for the sake of argument, that you could travel back to a time before you were born. The mere fact that you could exist in a time before you were born creates a paradox. If you were born in 1960, how could you exist in 1955?
Possibly the most famous paradox is the grandfather paradox. What would happen if a time traveler went back and killed one of his or her ancestors before the traveler was born? If the person killed his or her grandfather, then how could that person be alive to go back and kill his or her grandfather? If we could change the past, it would create an infinite number of paradoxes.
(II)
A paradox is a situation in which something seems both true and false.When you increase your knowledge, you see how little you know. You see how much you still have to learn. When you really know a lot, you can say: "I know that I know nothing." This is a paradox.
The philosopher thinks that every paradox is an illusion.
My thinking must be wrong because I came to a paradox.
Hence we conclude:
1. a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
2. a self-contradictory and false proposition.
3. any person, thing, or situation exhibiting an apparently contradictory nature.
4. an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion.

Answer 3

A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking.
One exhibiting inexplicable or contradictory aspects: “The silence of midnight, to speak truly, though apparently a paradox, rung in my ears” (Mary Shelley).
An assertion that is essentially self-contradictory, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises.
A statement contrary to received opinion.

Like the phrase "Less is more"--it doesn't make sense, but after you think about it, it can make sense.

Answer 4

Have you seen the movie "Back to the Future"? When Michael J. Fox sees himself when he returns back to the present because he returned back several minutes before entering the time machine... THat was a paradox.

IN other words: two things happening and neither is true.
He's seeing himself.
He's entering a time machine.

Answer 5

Well, there is a database program called paradox.

Is a statement made that can lead to contradiction. Like saying that my red dog is yellow.

That's the only simple way I can describe it.

Answer 6

1. A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking.
2. An assertion that is essentially self-contradictory, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises.
3. A statement contrary to received opinion.

Answer 7

A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking.

One exhibiting inexplicable or contradictory aspects: "The silence of midnight, to speak truly, though apparently a paradox, rung in my ears" (Mary Shelley).

An assertion that is essentially self-contradictory, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises.

A statement contrary to received opinion.

I seem to "be" a paradox...quite contradictory in nature...mostly because I see all sides to an issue...all of them true...and yet seemingly quite opposite...and yet one view does not cancel out the other. I believe it is in the same ballpark as irony.

Answer 8

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can anybody tell me the simple meaning of 'paradox'? thanx!!!?

Answer 9

Paradox....two doctors HAHAHA (get it pair of docs) ok seriously though....

Seriously though it's a statement that seems to contradict itself but it's true...

Answer 10

a statement that is generally contradictory in nature ie. people might have different opinions about a single statement like.." standing is more tiring than walking" ..this is a paradox where i may think walking is less tiring but at the same time another person may think that standing is less tiring... i hope this is simple enough to understand :-)

Answer 11

A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true. An argument that apparently derives self-contradictory conclusions by valid deduction from acceptable premises. A person that possesses seemingly contradictory qualities or phases.