The monotheistic all powerful one.

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments View context
-2 points

The problem with that particular paradox is that it’s not possible. Therefore one of the statements has to be wrong.

permalink
report
parent
reply
14 points
*

I don’t think you’ve quite clocked it. It’s not that one of the statements has to be wrong, because that’s just a point in the cycle. If A is wrong, then B is right, which means A is right, which means B is wrong, which means A is wrong and the cycle begins anew.

They aren’t wrong, they’re contradictory. There is no logical way to parse the two statements together. That’s what a paradox is.

permalink
report
parent
reply
-6 points

I don’t think that “nuh-uh! Uh-huh!” Rises to the level of a paradox.

The phrases can be contradictory without being paradoxical. It’s only a paradox if both of the phrases are true at the same time.

permalink
report
parent
reply
9 points

You have understood nothing.

Neither statement can be true OR false. If statement A is true, statement B is true, which means statement A is false. To simplify, if statement A is true, statement A is false.

“This statement is false” can be neither true nor false. That is the most basic paradox there is.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Yes. But which one?

permalink
report
parent
reply

Asklemmy

!asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Create post

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it’s welcome here!

  1. Open-ended question
  2. Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
  3. Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
  4. Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
  5. An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Icon by @Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de

Community stats

  • 7.9K

    Monthly active users

  • 5.9K

    Posts

  • 319K

    Comments