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Old 06-12-2006, 06:40 AM
HedonismBot HedonismBot is offline
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Default Give me some good paradoxes

First one for you gamblers: Parrondo's paradox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrondo%27s_Paradox
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Old 06-12-2006, 06:48 AM
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Default Re: Give me some good paradoxes

This sentence is a lie.
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Old 06-12-2006, 08:27 AM
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Default Re: Give me some good paradoxes

Is your answer to this question no?

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Old 06-12-2006, 11:46 AM
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How to get a job without experience, and how to get experience without a job.
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Old 06-12-2006, 11:51 AM
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Default Re: Give me some good paradoxes

Zeno's paradox.

Take a set distance, then halve it, repeat until your hair's glossy and shiny and has that TV commercial bounce.

You never get there, do you? But when you try it in a room, you're going to bang your head on the wall every time.
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Old 06-12-2006, 11:55 AM
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You're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't.
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Old 06-12-2006, 11:58 AM
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Default Re: Give me some good paradoxes

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You're damned if you do, and you're damned if you don't.

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Ain't that the truth.
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Old 06-27-2006, 08:52 PM
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Default Re: Give me some good paradoxes

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Zeno's paradox.

Take a set distance, then halve it, repeat until your hair's glossy and shiny and has that TV commercial bounce.

You never get there, do you? But when you try it in a room, you're going to bang your head on the wall every time.

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not a paradox at all.
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Old 07-23-2006, 07:47 PM
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Default Re: Give me some good paradoxes

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Zeno's paradox.

Take a set distance, then halve it, repeat until your hair's glossy and shiny and has that TV commercial bounce.

You never get there, do you? But when you try it in a room, you're going to bang your head on the wall every time.

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not a paradox at all.

[/ QUOTE ]

yes it is
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Old 07-24-2006, 07:10 PM
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How to get a job without experience, and how to get experience without a job.

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Volunteer. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
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