Paradoxs

ice2505 • 19 April 2013 at 2:44 PM

Paradoxes are really fun, I was wondering if you guys knew any? Here's one that I found online that made me smile-

Suppose there is a town with just one male barber; and that every man in the town keeps himself clean-shaven: some by shaving themselves, some by attending the barber. It seems reasonable to imagine that the barber obeys the following rule: He shaves all and only those men in town who do not shave themselves.

Under this scenario, we can ask the following question: Does the barber shave himself?

Asking this, however, we discover that the situation presented is in fact impossible:

* If the barber does not shave himself, he must abide by the rule and shave himself.
* If he does shave himself, according to the rule he will not shave himself.


EDIT: AHH I FORGOT THE E IN MY TOPIC!! xD

rileytibbles_side • 19 April 2013 at 2:51 PM

@ice2505
*brain explodes*

BTW, you won the last stage Amma in my auction. Are you still interested in claiming it?

ice2505 • 19 April 2013 at 2:53 PM

@rileytibbles_side O.o oh. I forgot about that. How much did I offer? x3

rileytibbles_side • 19 April 2013 at 2:54 PM

@ice2505
450CC 😊

ice2505 • 19 April 2013 at 2:54 PM

@rileytibbles_side xD oh yeah. Ok set up the lot, I will send the cc over.

rileytibbles_side • 19 April 2013 at 2:57 PM

@ice2505
Lot is up😊

ice2505 • 19 April 2013 at 2:59 PM

@rileytibbles_side I sent the cc, did you get it. :0

rileytibbles_side • 19 April 2013 at 3:00 PM

@ice2505
Yes😊 Thank you!

(Let's not stray from the topic) 😉

ice2505 • 19 April 2013 at 3:02 PM

@rileytibbles_side xD I was just thinking that! Clears throat* now back to paradoxes. xD