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paradox is a statement that seems to lead to a logical self-contradiction. The identification of a paradox based on seemingly simple and reasonable concepts has often lead to siginificant advances in
science,
philosophy and
mathematics.
See also:
- Banach-Tarski paradox: cut a ball into 5 pieces, reassemble the pieces to get two balls.
- Epimenides paradox: a Cretan says "all Cretans are liars".
- Liar paradox: this statement is false.
- Olbers' paradox: the sky should be bright because there's a star in every direction
- Russell's paradox: the barber who shaves all people who don't shave themselves.
- Voting paradox: non-transitive collective preferences.
- [Zeno's paradoxes]?: when you reach the turtle's spot, it has already advanced a bit, so you can never catch it.