Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
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Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
Okay, let's try looking at different things that are paradoxical, like dividing by 0 or the following:
Pinnochio walks up to you and says in Common: "My nose will grow now!"
Thing is, if it does, he's not lying and it won't grow.
*prepares to watch heads explode*
Pinnochio walks up to you and says in Common: "My nose will grow now!"
Thing is, if it does, he's not lying and it won't grow.
*prepares to watch heads explode*
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
Perhaps Pinnochio does not know that he is lying.
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
do you know what happens when you divide zero by zero?
1) is it equal to one because if you divide anything by itself it is one.
2) is it equal to zero because if zero is on top of a fraction it will be zero
and how many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop....the world may never know.
1) is it equal to one because if you divide anything by itself it is one.
2) is it equal to zero because if zero is on top of a fraction it will be zero
and how many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop....the world may never know.
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
"Truth begins in lies." Gregory House
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
lying and being simply mistaken are two different things.
eighteen licks.
eighteen licks.
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
i thought if you divide by zero you just took the derivative of the top and bottom and it wouldn't equal nothing. thats just me though.
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
I forget his name, maybe some of you college kids can remind me, but there was a greek philosopher who basically disproved movement. Say you have a distance of ten yards between point A and point B. Well, before you can cross that distance, you will first have to cross half of it. Five yards. However, before you can cross those five yards, you'll have to cross half of them as well. Two and a half yards. Still, to cross that length, you must first reach the halfway point of that distance... and so and and so fourth. You can keep dividing the distance in half and in half and in half... so if you keep dividing that distance in half, how can you in any way measure your motion?
You hear a voice speaking in your mind, telling you "So-and-so is a traitor and
an enemy of the Crusade. The punishment for this crime is death. Go and
execute our will!"
an enemy of the Crusade. The punishment for this crime is death. Go and
execute our will!"
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i just walk 11 yards and tell him to go to hell
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
You're thinking of Zeno's paradox?matusalem wrote:I forget his name, maybe some of you college kids can remind me, but there was a greek philosopher who basically disproved movement. Say you have a distance of ten yards between point A and point B. Well, before you can cross that distance, you will first have to cross half of it. Five yards. However, before you can cross those five yards, you'll have to cross half of them as well. Two and a half yards. Still, to cross that length, you must first reach the halfway point of that distance... and so and and so fourth. You can keep dividing the distance in half and in half and in half... so if you keep dividing that distance in half, how can you in any way measure your motion?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
Zeno's paradox is 'Achilles and the Tortoise'.
Booth make a footrace and Achilles grant the turtle a headstart of 100 feet.
Then Archilles reaches the startpoint of the turtle, the turtle runs 10 feet. Then
Archilles reaches this point, the turtler runs 1 feet and so on.
So Archilles can run so fast has he wont, but ne never will able to overtake the turtle.
An other paradox is: 'This statement is wrong!'
Booth make a footrace and Achilles grant the turtle a headstart of 100 feet.
Then Archilles reaches the startpoint of the turtle, the turtle runs 10 feet. Then
Archilles reaches this point, the turtler runs 1 feet and so on.
So Archilles can run so fast has he wont, but ne never will able to overtake the turtle.
An other paradox is: 'This statement is wrong!'
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
ALL CRETANS ARE LIARS!
said the Cretan...
said the Cretan...
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
Newcomb's paradox (though arguably not a prardox still interesting to think about)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcomb's_paradox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcomb's_paradox
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
"The next statement is true. The previous statement is false."
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
"This statement is false" is a bit simpler, Urlyth.
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
"Thou shalt not kill." - God
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
Hm, that's more of a hypocrisy, not a paradox.
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Re: Divide by Zero/Reality Paradox
That's the King James translation. A more literal translation from the original hebrew would be "Thou shalt not murder."
You hear a voice speaking in your mind, telling you "So-and-so is a traitor and
an enemy of the Crusade. The punishment for this crime is death. Go and
execute our will!"
an enemy of the Crusade. The punishment for this crime is death. Go and
execute our will!"