Bookworm solves paradoxes
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 2:05 pm
I would like to try out a new installment in my series of ‘Bookworm does stuff’ threads. I’ve been mulling over various paradoxes recently, and have been somewhat surprised to find myself solving them instead of contemplating them. I don’t know if I’m over thinking them (or perhaps actually under thinking, in this case) or what, but instead of an enlightening thought experience all I get is a brief mental exercise and then I arrive at the solution.
So, if you’ve found yourself reflecting on some cryptic question that is allegedly without an answer and merely intended for meditation, feel free to send it my way and see what I make of it.
(This is different from this thread because there you may pose any situation or statement that is inherently complex and begs a more philosophical pondering for thoughtful two-way discussion in addition to my musing, if desired, whereas here submissions should be confined to concise paradoxical statements or questions which are specifically designed for contemplation and is less of a dialogue and more of just my analysis. In other words, that thread is for conundrums you want me to give serious thought, this one is for paradoxes you want me to simply dissect.)
The series:
Bookworm proves you're wrong!
Bookworm thoughtfully ponders conundrums
So, if you’ve found yourself reflecting on some cryptic question that is allegedly without an answer and merely intended for meditation, feel free to send it my way and see what I make of it.
(This is different from this thread because there you may pose any situation or statement that is inherently complex and begs a more philosophical pondering for thoughtful two-way discussion in addition to my musing, if desired, whereas here submissions should be confined to concise paradoxical statements or questions which are specifically designed for contemplation and is less of a dialogue and more of just my analysis. In other words, that thread is for conundrums you want me to give serious thought, this one is for paradoxes you want me to simply dissect.)
The series:
Bookworm proves you're wrong!
Bookworm thoughtfully ponders conundrums