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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
I was trying to find out what a paradox was and this was an example. There are different "solutions" but the ones that were described was not what I was thinking. I was thinking that the father killed is actually a grandfather and the son is the grandson, and the surgeon is the dad. Edit: nvm I'm completely off, it said dad and son  | ||
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geometryb
United States1249 Posts
or it could be someone else's father. father just being the word for any one's dad | ||
micronesia
United States24752 Posts
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il0seonpurpose
Korea (South)5638 Posts
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ilovejonn
Canada2548 Posts
On June 29 2008 14:16 micronesia wrote: I have no idea what you are asking or where trying to ask. Do you simply want help understanding what a paradox is? I don't think that's even remotely a good example... exactly my question | ||
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ilovejonn
Canada2548 Posts
edit: and i searched for this one, pretty awesome; "War is peace." "Freedom is slavery." "Ignorance is strength." (George Orwell, 1984) | ||
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem | ||
Atrioc
United States1865 Posts
i read the wikipedia article though and apparantly there are many varieties of paradox that all fall under that name i think the best, most simple example for how most people use paradox though is "This statement is false" because its a logical loop with no possible solution. if the statement is true, then it cant be true, and if its false then it must be true, but that would mean its false again. ta-da its a paradox. | ||
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B1nary
Canada1267 Posts
Couldn't find it, but here's another decent one: http://perspicuity.net/paradox/paradox.html | ||
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
Why is it goat themed? | ||
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brian
United States9636 Posts
ops example is just a riddle. the surgeon is the mother. a play on sexist thoughts blabbers is just a probability question that noone understands.(i've actually done three presentations on it, and from the start i thought it was the most well known counter-intuitive probabiltiy question out there, and it seems more and more that i was wrong.) atrioc got the best description i think. i'll try to put it in words real quick. Best i can think of so far is a statement or argument that cannot have any logical solution, such that the statement or argument when followed through always produces a falsity(contradiction). | ||
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
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spec. opps
United States127 Posts
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sigma_x
Australia285 Posts
The sorites paradox is a neat little one, "A pile of 10,000 grains is a heap. If we remove a single grain, then it is still a heap. If we remove two grains, it is still a heap. If we remove three grains, it is still a heap... if we continue this line of logic, then 1 grain is a heap". | ||
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drug_vict1m
844 Posts
that's so sick.i love it. | ||
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raiame
United States421 Posts
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FuJi
United States104 Posts
I believe the idea in this book is a good example of a paradox. + Show Spoiler + There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn't have to; but if he didn't want to he was sane and had to. | ||
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toopham
United States551 Posts
Monty Hall is not a paradox. it is a probability math problem with a tricky solution. | ||
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ShaLLoW[baY]
Canada12499 Posts
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PhilGood2DaY
Germany7424 Posts
God is said to be allmighty but Could God create a stone he couldnt lift ? -> Paradoxon | ||
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prOxi.swAMi
Australia3091 Posts
fuck. | ||
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fusionsdf
Canada15390 Posts
On June 29 2008 15:10 blabber wrote: isn't a paradox just something that goes against what people would usually think the answer is no thats just counter-intuitive a paradox breaks itself | ||
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paper
13196 Posts
also, some of you guys should check the definition out: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=paradox 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. o__O | ||
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MiniRoman
Canada3953 Posts
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fOrQQ
Hong Kong321 Posts
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
^best | ||
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Hittegods
Stockholm4641 Posts
On June 29 2008 18:32 ShaLLoW[baY] wrote: The surgeon is his mom. Your mother! | ||
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KrAzYfoOL
Australia3037 Posts
God, Jesus and the Holy spirit are three separate beings, a trinity if you will, and yet they're one. makey no sensey? | ||
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.MistiK
Netherlands347 Posts
even though the nature lover had nothing, he had everything he desired. | ||
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ydg
United States690 Posts
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CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11589 Posts
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eborp
United States266 Posts
Paradoxes are usually thought of in terms of logic. Paradoxes usually employ illogical reasoning, such as circular logic or half truths. Throwing two phrases together are not paradoxes. Good examples of paradoxes are Gabriel's Horn (An object that has infinite surface area but finite volume) and Zeno's paradox (If you only move halfway to your goal with each step form your current location, you will never reach your destination). | ||
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