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*** or the solution yields an outcome that negates the original problem | *** or the solution yields an outcome that negates the original problem | ||
[[File:Puck-paradox.jpg | [[File:Puck-paradox.jpg|thumb|Paradox: when you can't have it both ways...]] | ||
== Paradox uses == | == Paradox uses == | ||
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== Famous paradoxes == | == Famous paradoxes == | ||
=== God paradox === | === Buridan's bridge paradox === | ||
* can | * Plato: "If your next statement is true, I will allow you to cross the bridge. If your next statement is false, I will throw you in the water" | ||
* Socrates: "You will throw me in the water." | |||
=== Free Will paradox === | |||
* if God knows what will happen to us, how can contradict it? | |||
** and if we cannot contradict it, there is no free will | |||
=== Irresistible force paradox === | |||
* when an unstoppable force hits an immovable object | |||
=== Omnipotence paradox === | |||
* if God is omnipotent (all powerful), can He make a rock so big He can't move it? | |||
=== Plato's Beard paradox === | === Plato's Beard paradox === | ||
* if something does not exist, is not that non-existence a form of existence? | * if something does not exist, is not that non-existence a form of existence? | ||
** see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_beard | ** see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato%27s_beard | ||
=== Problem of Evil paradox === | |||
* if God is good, then how can evil exist? | |||
=== Russell's paradox === | === Russell's paradox === | ||
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=== Zeno's paradoxes === | === Zeno's paradoxes === | ||
==== Dichotomy paradox ==== | ==== Dichotomy paradox ==== | ||
* if you keep walking half-way to somewhere, you will never get there | * if you keep walking half-way to somewhere, you will never get there | ||
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==== Paradox of the grain of millet ==== | ==== Paradox of the grain of millet ==== | ||
* if a single grain of millet (a seed) makes no sound upon falling, yet 1,000 grains that fall do make a sound, how can 1,000 nothings create a sound? | * if a single grain of millet (a seed) makes no sound upon falling, yet 1,000 grains that fall do make a sound, how can 1,000 nothings create a sound? | ||
== Visual paradoxes == | == Visual paradoxes == | ||
>> Escher to do | >> Escher to do | ||
== List of paradoxes in other articles here == | |||
== List of paradoxes in other articles == | |||
* >> to do : list/ links | * >> to do : list/ links | ||
* also from : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_paradoxes | |||