World's best suggested paradox

[Liiizard]

How long will it take you to cross a crosswalk if with each step, you cut the distance you walked with the prior step by half?

Zeno lives again!

If the totality of our experiences occur from a completely subjective perspective, why does almost everyone in the world believe in an objective reality, despite the lack of concrete proof that it exists?

 

[Zetona]

A Cretan philosopher once said, "All Cretans are liars".

And below is not quite a paradox, but it is a fun thought exercise...

A Fields Medal-winning mathematician once proclaimed that there are three kinds of mathematicians: those who can count, and those who can't. Now, I happen to believe that people can be divided into exactly two categories: those who believe that people can be divided into exactly two categories, and those who don't. Given all that, tell me this:

Which category does our Fields Medalist belong to?

 

[MMMowman]

what happens when an unstoppable force hits an unmovable object?

The unstoppable force goes through the object and continues on unchanged

 

[GenericAmerican]

This Statement is a lie

 

[2xDouble]

you cant end the thread it doesn't exist remember! and i never really learned much about physics yet so is space actually infinite? if so how the hell is it expanding?

OT: how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? not really a paradox but the changing something in the past makes things worse in the present different isnt really true. it COULD but more then likely wont.

Heh, right. (moving farther away on the tangent, as the gravity of the current topic drops exponentially... heh, Physics joke). Space is not expanding, as it is infinite (technically, although some theories say it is anyway). The universe is expanding (again, subject to some debate).
I leave it to you to find the difference.

 

[Dragonpit]

Uh...huh. The thing about the immovable object and the unstoppable force is that it is meant to describe two equal but opposing forces clashing, in which there are only three possible outcomes.

1: They clash for all eternity.
2: They destroy each other completely and simultaneously.
3: A third force intervenes, thereby changing the course of things, regardless of whether or not the third force survives.

Now, here are things to think about. I'm not sure if they're paradoxes, but I'll leave that to all of you.

Has anyone ever spoken Japanese with a British accent?
Why have they not made a orange-flavored Coca-Cola?
Would a rainy day constitute as a form of twilight?

Did you say orange flavored cola?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_Orange

I did and did not see that coming.

 

[Nouw]

The last man on earth sat in a room.

then there came a knock on the door.



----
shortest scary story ever.

It was his friend Mr.Bear xD!

I read some pretty damn good ones here but I have none >.>

 

[Krion_Vark]

How long will it take you to cross a crosswalk if with each step, you cut the distance you walked with the prior step by half?

well if we knew how big the initial step was, how long the cross-walk is and how long each step takes, you can work that out

The first step is half the crosswalk.

still never get there the first step would have to be over half to reach the desination

 

[rvbnut]

The next statement is a lie.
The previous statement is false.

 

[Jekken6]

"If newfags can't triforce and oldfags don't triforce, what do we call those who triforce successfully?"

 

[Trippy Turtle]

Heh, right. (moving farther away on the tangent, as the gravity of the current topic drops exponentially... heh, Physics joke). Space is not expanding, as it is infinite (technically, although some theories say it is anyway). The universe is expanding (again, subject to some debate).
I leave it to you to find the difference.

if space isnt expanding what is the universe expanding into? and how is space infinite if it is smaller then the universe. and if i kept going in one direction in space what would i eventually reach? my head hurts

 

[Ldude893]

A sword is said to be able to pierce through any solid object on Earth. A shield is said to be impenetrable by any sharp object or weapon. What happens when you hit the sword against the shield?

 

[keideki]

A sword is said to be able to pierce through any solid object on Earth. A shield is said to be impenetrable by any sharp object or weapon. What happens when you hit the sword against the shield?

what about objects not on earth?

 

[2xDouble]

"If newfags can't triforce and oldfags don't triforce, what do we call those who triforce successfully?"

"You can triforce if you want to. You can leave oldfags behind. for if you don't triforce and if you can't triforce then you're no friend of mine..."

if space isnt expanding what is the universe expanding into? and how is space infinite if it is smaller then the universe. and if i kept going in one direction in space what would i eventually reach? my head hurts

Who said space was smaller than the universe? (and don't even get me started on including Time and the other 24/26/32/infinite dimensions...) You think your head hurts now? Wait till you study third-year college physics, affectionately referred to as "why everything you know is crap". Totally worth it though.

Infinite /= cyclical, which means you would eventually reach the point where you died, because you are not infinite. And your corpse would be perfectly frozen and preserved until it drifted too close to an object and either crashed or burned (or both if you hit an atmosphere).
Space is fun...

A sword is said to be able to pierce through any solid object on Earth. A shield is said to be impenetrable by any sharp object or weapon. What happens when you hit the sword against the shield?

Simple, one would be proven false. Which one? Doesn't matter, because you have them both. Also...

Spoiler: Who cares? When you can do this:

 

[Jason Danger Keyes]

what happens when an unstoppable force hits an unmovable object?

What happens if Pinochkio says: my nose will grow now!

The unstoppable force and immovable object can't exist in the same universe, there can only be one or the other. If there is a force that is unstoppable, then no object could be immovable, and vice versa. Both are theoretically possible, just not at the same time.

 

[Socius]

what happens when an unstoppable force hits an unmovable object?

What happens if Pinochkio says: my nose will grow now!

The unstoppable force and immovable object can't exist in the same universe, there can only be one or the other. If there is a force that is unstoppable, then no object could be immovable, and vice versa. Both are theoretically possible, just not at the same time.

uhu, thats why it's Paradox!

 

[Death God]

Open it in a new tab. The answer will be revealed (and a facepalm will ensue)

Oh, lordy. Best para-dox. Say paradox, looking at the picture.

Because paradox rhymes with "Pair of Docks".

OH! Now I feel stupid! (facepalm!)

 

[Riddle78]

I got one from Deltora Quest (NOVEL!),in the second of the series, "Lake of Tears". I forget it's exact wording,but it was True statement,I impale you. False statement,I strangle you. The individual said the answer would determine the mode of death of the hero,and was bound by the statement. What does the hero do? He says "I will die by strangulation".

Simple? Yes. But it's still a nice little paradox.