tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 12 15:26:26 1997

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Re: KLBC: nuqjatlh

In a message dated 97-03-12 03:07:22 EST, [email protected] writes:

<< Your sentence isn't a sentence, so it doesn't refer to itself, and thus is
 not paradoxical, but simply nonsense. >>

 A sentence doesn't have to refer to itself (or even be a sentence) in order
to have a parodox:

THE NEXT SENTENCE IS TRUE.
THE PREVIOUS SENTENCE IS FALSE.

     Or how about the barber one (a male barber has a sign in his window; "I
shave all men who do not shave themselves and only those men")? who shaves
the barber? The sentence is parodoxical because the barber could shave
himself, but he says that he does not shave such men, and someone else could
shave him, but he says he does shave such men.
     Some parodoxes can be stories to, there are number parodoxes, parodoxes
that are formed by everyday situations that cannot be explained by physics or
science, parodoxes can be artwork (take M.C. Escher for instance) parodoxes
come in all sizes, shapes, forms, thicknesses, tastes and smells. If you want
to know more about parodoxes read AHA! Gotcha a book full of parodoxes, and
their explanations, background and their problems.

THINK ABOUT THIS:

1)     THIS SENTENCE IS SEVEN WORDS LONG
         (This sentance refers to itself and is parodoxical, so it's opposite
should not be a parodox...)

2) THIS SENTENCE IS NOT SEVEN WORDS LONG
(Wrong! This sentsnce is also parodoxical, and it to refers to itself, so a
parodoxal sentence has to refer to itself...)

3) THE 2 RED SENTENCES ABOVE ARE BOTH TRUE
(Also wrong! A parodox is a parodox)

4) There once was a man from Berdu
Who's limerics stoped at line two
(This is not a parodox, it makes pefect sense...)

5) There once was a man from Verdun
(This, however is a parodox, even though it might not be what most people
consider a parodox, it is. The phrase is not complete, our minds automaticly
fill in the missing information; *Who's limericks stoped at line one*.
Because of what was said in the previous limerick. doing this adds a second
line, making the limerick parodoxical, but only in your mind, just because it
is not complete)

P.S. A parodox is simply nonsense.

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