Tres Juicy Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Hi all, I do like a good paradox. I tend to hide this one in my internal emails at work as part of my signature: "Please ingore this email and disregard any and all instuctions contained herein" nobody seems to have noticed yet... Anyway, please post your favorites in this thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrödinger's hat Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 "Please ingore this email and disregard any and all instuctions contained herein" No! I'm just going to disregard one of the instructions. I prefer: Disobey this command. For this one, it's less easy to get around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel123456 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Here is my advice: never follow any advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schrödinger's hat Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 The smallest positive integer not definable in under eleven words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel123456 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- post #1320 from this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tres Juicy Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 The smallest positive integer not definable in under eleven words. I'm afraid this one's a little beyond me.... Would you care to explain it to mathematically challenged among us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) I'm afraid this one's a little beyond me.... Would you care to explain it to mathematically challenged among us? Hint: count the number of words in Schroe's post. Edited December 10, 2011 by hypervalent_iodine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tres Juicy Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 This statement is false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 All statements are false, for a given definition of false. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyMcC Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Another example:- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Hi all, I do like a good paradox. I tend to hide this one in my internal emails at work as part of my signature: "Please ingore this email and disregard any and all instuctions contained herein" nobody seems to have noticed yet... Anyway, please post your favorites in this thread That's not a logical contradiction, btw. It is, however, of the type of statement used to show certain systems cannot be both consistent and complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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