If every rule has an exception, then there must be an exception to the rule that every rule has an exception. so does any rule have no exception?
2006-10-20 19:45:57 · 17 answers · asked by The False Prophet 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
MAYBE...you're good at these trick questions. Then there must be rule with an exception but at the same time time there musn't.
2006-10-20 19:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by c_mitu89 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This isn't really a paradox but is included to point out the inherent inconsistency in the statement. Suppose the statement is true, then:
1. Every rule has an exception.
2. Statement 1. is a rule.
3. Therefore statement 1. has an exception.
4. Therefore every rule does not have an exception.
While the inconsistency of the phrase "every rule has an exception" may not appear to be of importance it does in fact serve to illustrate the problems that can arise when a statement makes reference to itself. A further, and more disturbing from the mathematical point of view, example of this kind of difficulty is given in the paradox which claims to prove that every number can be described in twelve words or less.
2006-10-20 23:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by Krishna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rule "Every rule has an exception" has the exception that says that "There is no exception to this rule" !
2006-10-20 21:34:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
has an exception but the last one says there's some rule having no exception. there's a locha around somewhere.
2006-10-20 21:48:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every rule has an exception is a corrolary to a rule and not a rule itself. Thus, your little game of circulus improbondo is thwarted, a corollary has no exception it is an exception.
Haaaaaaa Haaaaaa Haaaa! The benefits of a classical education never cease. Heuristics, hueristics, heuristics.
2006-10-20 20:40:12 · answer #5 · answered by Big D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
who says that the saying "every rule has an exception" is a rule?
SO HA!
2006-10-20 21:05:41 · answer #6 · answered by terra_chan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no rule is without exception. it is the exceptions which make the rule a rule.
2006-10-20 21:49:01 · answer #7 · answered by maynze2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there cant be any rule without exception and exception to any rule
2006-10-20 21:32:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are rules haaving no exceptiion, but that is not rule, because every rule has an exception, if a rule has no exception, then there is a rule and there is no exception................ i hope it is loud and clear
2006-10-20 20:32:45 · answer #9 · answered by stone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And
If all rules are made to be broken, then this cant be a rule, but is instead an exception..
Right?
2006-10-20 21:23:27 · answer #10 · answered by donamarie_1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋