What is your favorite paradox?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Unfounded causality loops. They fascinate and infuriates me in equal measure when I find them in stories.
memorylikeasieve
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Apr 18, 2018
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HeathenFarmer
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Apr 18, 2018
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When one pursues happiness itself, one is miserable, but when one pursues something else, one achieves happiness.
indirect76
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Apr 18, 2018
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The fact that I have to do everything and never get to do anything, at the same time.
david75090
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Apr 18, 2018
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I always liked the question for believers that goes, "If god is all powerful, can he create a stone so heavy that even he himself cannot lift it?"
snytiger6
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Apr 18, 2018
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@raisedintheusa That one is even better.
If the multiverse theory is true, then there exists a universe where it isn't.
TheInfiniteChris
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Apr 18, 2018
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"Where there is an impasse, there is a way out."
stinkeye_a
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Apr 17, 2018
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I am taking this one to the bank !!
Xeno's paradox. Freaks me out every time I start thinking about it.
Tomfoolery33
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Apr 17, 2018
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Me too. Brr.
There it is... I was checking to see if someone posted that one yet. I think it's Zeno.
@Anemynous It's either one. I looked it up under both, and got the same answer.
I’m quite surprised that no one has yet mentioned the Epicurean paradox. Always been my favorite. I especially like the way monotheists respond to it....the shrug of the shoulders, the condescending shake of the head, the rolling of the eyes, the way they have no response other than the usual “someday you’ll see the light” bullshit.
Azatheist
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Apr 18, 2018
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No such thing as a paradox
There are only condtradictions which indicate that (at least) one of the original premises is false.
Take Russell's paradox: It falls foul or three mistakes.
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That a premise can include itself as a premise
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That it is legitimate to multiply by infinity and
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That two non-equal things can be regarded as the same thing.
More on this if anyone's interested.
El-loco
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Apr 18, 2018
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