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#26 2011-01-20 14:01:10

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

That's not really a paradox

A paradox is an endless logical loop. An oxymoron is an illogical pairing (or antilogical?) for example, Macs work


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#27 2011-01-20 14:31:22

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Andres-Vander wrote:

That's not really a paradox

A paradox is an endless logical loop. An oxymoron is an illogical pairing (or antilogical?) for example, Macs work

Then is Schrodinger's cat a paradox or an oxymoron or something else entirely?  It's not a loop, it's a simultaneous contradiction.


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#28 2011-01-20 14:39:29

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Kileymeister wrote:

Andres-Vander wrote:

That's not really a paradox

A paradox is an endless logical loop. An oxymoron is an illogical pairing (or antilogical?) for example, Macs work

Then is Schrodinger's cat a paradox or an oxymoron or something else entirely?  It's not a loop, it's a simultaneous contradiction.

That's an oxymoron then.


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#29 2011-01-20 16:26:09

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

My favorite, one I invented, and have dumbfounded little innocent first graders with for decades.

    I am stupid.

A paradox. If he is stupid, and he says he's stupid, he's smart. But if he's smart and he says he's stupid, he's stupid. The cycle repeats.


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#30 2011-01-20 16:28:08

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

degscratcher wrote:

My favorite, one I invented, and have dumbfounded little innocent first graders with for decades.

    I am stupid.

A paradox. If he is stupid, and he says he's stupid, he's smart. But if he's smart and he says he's stupid, he's stupid. The cycle repeats.

Saying you're stupid does not make you smart.

Saying you're stupid when you're smart does not make you stupid.

@Andres:  Yet I thought an oxymoron was a statement, but Schrodinger's cat is an event that simply does not loop yet contradicts itself.  I'll look up the correct term for it.

Edit:  I did some looking up and overall it's referred to as a paradox, I'll stick with giving it that title.

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#31 2011-01-20 16:30:06

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Andres-Vander wrote:

That's not really a paradox

A paradox is an endless logical loop. An oxymoron is an illogical pairing (or antilogical?) for example, Macs work

You made an error in that, let me show you:

That's not really a paradox

A paradox is an endless logical loop. An oxymoron is an illogical pairing (or antilogical?) for example, Macs work

First of all, you need a period after "Macs work".
Second, you accidentally typed the most careless mistake. "Macs work." is supposed to be, "Windows works."


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#32 2011-01-20 19:24:56

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Andres-Vander wrote:

That's not really a paradox

A paradox is an endless logical loop. An oxymoron is an illogical pairing (or antilogical?) for example, Macs work

That is not an oxymoron, that's a true statement. an oxymoron is
"a good windows computer"
or,
"a bad mac"

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#33 2011-01-20 20:24:09

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

kayybee wrote:

Andres-Vander wrote:

That's not really a paradox

A paradox is an endless logical loop. An oxymoron is an illogical pairing (or antilogical?) for example, Macs work

That is not an oxymoron, that's a true statement. an oxymoron is
"a good windows computer"
or,
"a bad mac"

That joke was already made.  (Look directly above your post)

Anyways, tall midgets, burning ice, the cannibal paradox, and all that.

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#34 2011-01-20 23:24:41

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Actually, I just made it better instead of a complete statement, also, i don't like to look at all the posts, when i see something to be said, i say it.

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#35 2011-01-21 09:40:25

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Non-fat grease. Oxymoron


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#36 2011-01-21 14:50:51

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Is this one?:
The next sentence is true.
That last sentence is a lie.

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#37 2011-01-21 14:56:00

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

-iNetMaster- wrote:

Is this one?:
The next sentence is true.
That last sentence is a lie.

That's an oxymoron, or if you change "last" to "first" it becomes a paradox.
Combo!

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#38 2011-01-22 15:59:32

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

I'll explain it.

One sunny day in the middle of the night,- the Earth stopped rotating.
Two dead boys got into a fight- they came back to life.
Back to back, they faced each other,- they were born with their heads backwards.
Pulled out sabers and shot one another- the sabers shot bullets.
A deaf policeman heard the noise,- he had some kind of miracle hearing-aid.
And came and killed those two dead boys.- they came back to life(As mentioned at the beginning) THEN the police officer shot them.

There.  big_smile


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#39 2011-01-22 16:07:20

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Wait, isn't Schrodinger's cat
the cat that's in the box, maybe?


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#40 2011-01-22 16:13:27

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

echs wrote:

Wait, isn't Schrodinger's cat
the cat that's in the box, maybe?

Nah.


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#41 2011-01-22 16:19:37

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

yeah it is. I looked it up, the cat has exactly 50-50 chance of being alive or dead while you can't see inside the box. Therefore, it is both alive and dead.


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#42 2011-01-22 16:35:05

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

the peacemaker was a cannibal.(?)


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#43 2011-01-22 18:12:24

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

It's opposite day.
Which means it isn't.
Which means it is.

And it just goes on and on and on...


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#44 2011-01-22 18:22:34

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

echs wrote:

yeah it is. I looked it up, the cat has exactly 50-50 chance of being alive or dead while you can't see inside the box. Therefore, it is both alive and dead.

True, however that's only if a certain theory of quantum mechanics is true, which it isn't, but it's still a good paradox.


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#45 2011-01-22 19:21:13

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Kileymeister wrote:

kayybee wrote:

Andres-Vander wrote:

That's not really a paradox

A paradox is an endless logical loop. An oxymoron is an illogical pairing (or antilogical?) for example, Macs work

That is not an oxymoron, that's a true statement. an oxymoron is
"a good windows computer"
or,
"a bad mac"

That joke was already made.  (Look directly above your post)

Anyways, tall midgets, burning ice, the cannibal paradox, and all that.

there actually is such thing as burning ice.


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#46 2011-01-22 19:23:56

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

roger- wrote:

Kileymeister wrote:

kayybee wrote:


That is not an oxymoron, that's a true statement. an oxymoron is
"a good windows computer"
or,
"a bad mac"

That joke was already made.  (Look directly above your post)

Anyways, tall midgets, burning ice, the cannibal paradox, and all that.

there actually is such thing as burning ice.

Thats dry ice.


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#47 2011-01-23 01:03:43

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

ssss wrote:

shamrocker wrote:

I got a paradox that is now my catchphrase:

I am insane, but, in knowing that makes me more sane than all of you put together, at the same time making the most insane of anyone in the world.

Contra-diction!

no, that's mMY catch phrase - im more insane than you are  tongue

shamrocker is the most sane and the most insane person in the universe.

I'm more sane and insane than him.

Epic win.


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#48 2011-01-23 01:36:28

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Basketball players are midgets XD


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#49 2011-01-23 05:33:50

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Re: Oxymorons! Paradoxs!

Chatter wrote:

Basketball players are midgets XD

They're playing midget basketball, with 2 feet high hoops xD


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