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Not A Poet
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0 posted 2003-07-24 12:12 PM


Maybe a little more obtuse than the previous ones


            Liar Paradox

A paradox: This statement is not true.
But if not true then false it has to be
And yet, if false, then true it would be too
A paradox, this statement is not true.
But false or true, it cannot be the two -
With clarity, I think that all should see
The paradox, this statement is not true,
For if not true then false it cannot be.

© Copyright 2003 Pete Rawlings - All Rights Reserved
perseph1ne
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since 2003-07-09
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1 posted 2003-07-24 01:44 AM


Wow, I tried to find a way out of this circle of paradox, but failed. If the statement is true, it is false, but if the statement is false, it must be true, which loops back around to if the statement is true it must be false. Unending.
It reminds me of the two doors in Labyrinth (or any other similiar riddle) were one is always telling the truth and the other is always lying and you have to figure out the right question to ask to figure out which is which.
Only this puzzle has no answer. It also made me sit here and think just to make sure there really wasn't a solution.
Very Cool.
   Perseph1ne


"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
    -- Rudyard Kipling

[This message has been edited by perseph1ne (07-24-2003 01:45 AM).]

Ladybug
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since 2003-06-17
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2 posted 2003-07-24 02:24 PM


Very nice, Pete!  I've always loved that paradox!  

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end...

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