Paradoxes that will blow your mind | You'll think about it all day

in #paradox7 years ago (edited)

Epimenides


In a poem Epimenides wrote:

Cretans are liars. Epimenide himself was a Cretan. If Epimenides is a Cretan and a liar, then the statement of "Cretans are liars" is a lie.

This means that all Cretans tell the truth, and Epimenides statement is true.

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2.Crocodile


A crocodile steals a child from his father and promises to give him back if he guesss what he's going to do with his son.

What if the father guesses that the crocodile will not return the child?

There is no solution. If the crocodile keeps the child, it violates its own rule if the father predicts correct. If he returns the child, he again violates his own rule, if the father doesn't guess what he is doing.

3.God is not omnipotent


Can God create something so hard that he can not lift it?

If God can create something so hard that he can not lift it, it means He is not omnipotent. If He can not create something so hard that he can not lift, again, it means that he is not omnipotent.


How are you feeling now?

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Paradoxes can't ever happen, these are just rules that can be broken to meet reality.

A paradox like schrodingers cat, cannot occur because the cat can litterally not be dead and alive.

The crocodile could be lying, the cretin is a liar and if God knows he cannot lift it, he is still all knowing and all doing since he fore told the future.

Yes, the paradoxes can have a solution if we are putting everything in another reality...

Or does it? Getting philosophical now, but all realities can only have 1 outcome therefore a paradox is still a paradox. Hard to imagine a reality where 2 mutually exclusive outcomes can coexist.

yes, it's hard but we can be there :D

My brain exploded lol 😂😂😂😂

Nooo way!

I love paradox. I like to go where people don't expect me to go.

I believe if you keep your faith, you keep your trust, you keep the right attitude, if you're grateful, you'll see God open up new doors

A great and very difficult paradox ...

illusion i see :D anyways i loved the point "God can not create something so hard that he can not lift, again" That's true

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