Paradox of a perfect partner
It is no secret that people fall in love all the time. It is equally no surprise that in our earlier years, we are all looking for that someone special. In fact, we are looking for that perfect person to...
Paradoxes
Time Paradox of the Day, or why John Connor is Jesus
Perceived time versus reality. In theory, everyone is subject to their own reality, this in effect creates a time paradox that is unique to every individual. That being said, there are a couple of main points when it comes to...
The Animal Farm paradox, or how we are all more equal than others
In the well-known and much repeated [amazon text=Animal Farm&asin=0451526341] by George Orwell [sidenote: should I really say who wrote the Animal Farm?], the paradoxical sentence “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others” is part of the cardinal rules...
The right to remain silent paradox
Admittedly, this is not my field of expertise, and perhaps the argument presented is ‘legally’ pointless. Nevertheless, it seems that the right to remain silent (5th Amendment in US Constitution, but widely present in most countries in the world) is paradoxical. First...
Paradox of choice – part 2
In a previous article on paradox of choice, I concluded that Barry Schwartz was mistaken in identifying choice with desire. Hence, the paradox of choice presented by him touches upon the value of choice for purchased goods and the role the...
A paradox of capitalism in form of a joke
There is this joke about a poor boy from a small village, in the beautiful surroundings of country life, fishing off the coast in his tiny boat. As the boy was fishing, a man approached him, admiring that he had already caught...
Thomson’s lamp and a lump of chocolate, or Zeno part 4
After considerations on Zeno’s paradox (part 1 and part 2), and the humorous possibilities to Zeno’s paradox of motion (part 3), it is time to take beef with the paradox on the nature of what is called a super-task. As...
How do you kill that which has no life paradox
This will come as no surprise to South Park fans, but it should nevertheless be mentioned. In the episode “Make love, not Warcraft” (season 10, episode 8), there is this hilarious scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y50I4KI_o9c So here comes the paradox then: how...
The Ross-Littlewood paradox, or Zeno part 3
The Zeno paradox discussed in the previous posts (part 1 and part 2) has one of the most fascinating variations known to man. It is so sublime, that one is stunned by the grand ingenuity of it. No kidding, for a few milliseconds you...
Zeno’s paradox of motion – part 2
In this post we return to Zeno’s paradox of motion in order to point out another aspect of it. Where in the previous post, we concluded that his paradox points towards motion being inconceivable due to infinite divisibility of space...
