I think Bart Simpson nailed this with -
"You're damned if you do and damned if you don't"
2006-11-12 13:25:15
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answered by D.F 6
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A paradox (Gk: ÏαÏάδοξοÏ, "aside belief") is an apparently true statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition. Typically, either the statements in question do not really imply the contradiction, the puzzling result is not really a contradiction, or the premises themselves are not all really true or cannot all be true together. The recognition of ambiguities, equivocations, and unstated assumptions underlying known paradoxes has led to significant advances in science, philosophy and mathematics.
The word paradox is often used interchangeably and wrongly with contradiction; but where a contradiction by definition asserts its own opposite, many paradoxes do allow for resolution of some kind, though many remain unresolved or only contentiously resolved, such as Curry's paradox. Still more casually, the term is sometimes used for situations that are merely surprising, albeit in a distinctly "logical" manner, such as the birthday paradox. This is also the usage in economics, where a paradox is a counterintuitive outcome of economic theory.
A paradox is also a device used in literature; it can be any contradictory or obviously untrue statement, such as The pike flew to the tree to sing or deafening silence.
Get it???
I didn't!! :p
Hope you do!!!
lol
2006-11-12 21:34:08
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answered by sugar candy 6
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You want a paradox? Go back in time and kill your mother. Or if you feel froggy, kill yourself. For everyday paradoxes, listen to a recording or yourself in a recording of yourself.
2006-11-12 21:24:40
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answered by CrazyJohn 1
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if God has the power to do anything, is God powerful enough to create a rock too heavy for God to lift.
2006-11-12 21:32:58
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answered by Tara 2
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This sentence is a lie.
2006-11-12 21:23:01
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answered by Greg G 5
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unkindly kind
2006-11-12 21:23:05
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answered by ? 7
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