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According to Raymond Smullyan, when you say "this sentence is false", a paradox results only if one assumes your statements have to make sense which, in this case, we know is not necessarily true, on purpose.

So, no paradox.

"It's the statue, man, The Statue."

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Feb 10th, 2007 at 10:08:34 AM EST
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"Hello, René, I've got this young Spanish chap saying your paintings are not paradoxical"
"Merde!"
"I know, I know. So it really is a pipe"
"Mais non, it is a painting of a pipe"
"René, René, calme - it's the treachery of images"
"Juste..."


You can't be me, I'm taken
by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Feb 10th, 2007 at 12:45:42 PM EST
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