Your impossible questions?

[Eclectic Dreck]

Is this next statement a truth or a lie:
"I never tell the truth"

Neither: it is a paradox and thus the precise meaning cannot be deciphered. This is an example of a famous paradox, unimaginatively called "The Liar's Paradox". The most famous example of this is "The next statement is true. The previous statement is false".

 

[Jake the Snake]

What the hell is the matter with you? (You'd be surprised the reaction you have to this one)

 

[Maze1125]

What is a third of 10? It just goes on like 3.33333333333333....forever.

You answered your own question.

You can also write it as "3 and a 1/3".
Or you could write it in base 3, where it would be written as 10.1. (and the original "10" would be written as 101)

A better math one would be "define pie"

?noun

a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust.

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-.-

We both know I ment Pi even if Im an idiot and put an "e" on the end

The lowest positive real value of x such that cos(x) = 1.
Where cos(z) is defined to be sum(n=0 to infinity) (-1)[sup]n[/sup]z[sup]2n[/sup]/(2n)!

Smart ass

Now go write out Pi as a figure. When you get to the part we dont know I think Ill have made my point.

Okay.
In base pi, pi = 1.

Done and dusted.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

If not god, then what?

 

[Maze1125]

Is this next statement a truth or a lie:
"I never tell the truth"

Neither: it is a paradox and thus the precise meaning cannot be deciphered. This is an example of a famous paradox, unimaginatively called "The Liar's Paradox". The most famous example of this is "The next statement is true. The previous statement is false".

Actually "I never tell the truth" is not a paradox. It can't be true, but it can easily be a lie without contradiction. For example, someone who sometimes lies and sometimes tells the truth can easily lie and say "I never tell the truth."

 

[Talshere]

What is a third of 10? It just goes on like 3.33333333333333....forever.

You answered your own question.

You can also write it as "3 and a 1/3".
Or you could write it in base 3, where it would be written as 10.1. (and the original "10" would be written as 101)

A better math one would be "define pie"

?noun

a baked food having a filling of fruit, meat, pudding, etc., prepared in a pastry-lined pan or dish and often topped with a pastry crust.

...........................

-.-

We both know I ment Pi even if Im an idiot and put an "e" on the end

The lowest positive real value of x such that cos(x) = 1.
Where cos(z) is defined to be sum(n=0 to infinity) (-1)[sup]n[/sup]z[sup]2n[/sup]/(2n)!

Smart ass

Now go write out Pi as a figure. When you get to the part we dont know I think Ill have made my point.

Okay.
In base pi, pi = 1.

Done and dusted.

As a decimal damn it!!!! >.<

Ill get there eventually................

 

[RedDeadFred]

Ah I have a good one.
Walk from one side of your room to the other. You would agree that in order to get across your room you first have to walk half that distance. However, in order to get to half that distance you would first have to walk a quarter of the distance of your room. But to get to that quarter you would have to walk an eighth. And to walk that eighth you would first have to walk a sixteenth. The point is that to travel a distance you have to first move half that distance, and half of the half, and half of that half, ect. Since there are an infinite amount of fractions because there is an infinite amount of numbers. This means that there is an infinite amount of halves you must travel to get to the other side of your room!
Tell me. How is it that you are able to walk across your room if you have to travel an infinite amount of halfway points? Don't just say by moving one leg because this applies to all movement of anything.

PS I didn't come up with this. Some philosopher who's name I can't remember did. Our logic teacher gave us this rant in class the other day and no one could come up with an answer. That is because it's a paradox.

 

[ayuri]

What would happen if an unstoppable force met an indestructible wall?

the force may travel through the immovable or bounce off

how is love conceived?

 

[Maze1125]

As a decimal damn it!!!! >.<

Ill get there eventually................

I would argue that the question "What is the precise value of pi as a decimal?" is not an unanswerable question, simply a question that requires an infinite amount of time to answer.

Ah I have a good one.
Walk from one side of your room to the other. You would agree that in order to get across your room you first have to walk half that distance. However, in order to get to half that distance you would first have to walk a quarter of the distance of your room. But to get to that quarter you would have to walk an eighth. And to walk that eighth you would first have to walk a sixteenth. The point is that to travel a distance you have to first move half that distance, and half of the half, and half of that half, ect. Since there are an infinite amount of fractions because there is an infinite amount of numbers. This means that there is an infinite amount of halves you must travel to get to the other side of your room!
Tell me. How is it that you are able to walk across your room if you have to travel an infinite amount of halfway points? Don't just say by moving one leg because this applies to all movement of anything.

PS I didn't come up with this. Some philosopher who's name I can't remember did. Our logic teacher gave us this rant in class the other day and no one could come up with an answer. That is because it's a paradox.

(sum(n=1 to infinity) 1/2[sup]n[/sup]) = 1

There's no problem, just a lack of Maths.

 

[johnsom]

Can somebody with multiple personalities fall in love with one of their personalities?

Not really impossible to answer, just something that's been bugging me for awhile.

How? they could never meet.

 

[Drakmorg]

What the Hell does the Z in ZOMG stand for?

 

[RedDeadFred]

WHAT

IS THE COLOUR

OF NIGHT

Sanguine my brother.

 

[ninjajoeman]

if you divide by zero do you get infinity?

what are your chances of doing anyhting if doing that one thing is zero chance but how is it zero if you can do it?

 

[DeathsHands]

What happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object?

Dun dun duuuuun.

 

[voetballeeuw]

Why is AP Calculus AB/BC so difficult? I don't want to find the volume of intersecting lines. Damn you INTEGRALS!

 

[rekabdarb]

They're both half right and half wrong.
At the end of the court case the judge's decision overwrites the original agreement. So, whatever the judge says, goes.

Aha! that however was not the question

 

[Maze1125]

if you divide by zero do you get infinity?

In the real numbers you cannot divide by 0, and infinity doesn't exist.

But, in the extended complex numbers, infinity exists and, so long as z =/= 0, z/0 = infinity.

 

[Maze1125]

They're both half right and half wrong.
At the end of the court case the judge's decision overwrites the original agreement. So, whatever the judge says, goes.

Aha! that however was not the question

The question was "Who is right?", the answer is "The judge."

 

[Talshere]

As a decimal damn it!!!! >.<

Ill get there eventually................

I would argue that the question "What is the precise value of pi as a decimal?" is not an unanswerable question, simply a question that requires an infinite amount of time to answer.

If we define infinite as an innumerate amount of time then it can never be solved as the length of time can never be expresses in a meaningful way outside of the lemniscate.

They're both half right and half wrong.
At the end of the court case the judge's decision overwrites the original agreement. So, whatever the judge says, goes.

Aha! that however was not the question

The question was "Who is right?", the answer is "The judge."

Just because the Judge is has the final call doesnt mean the judge is right. Plenty of innocent people were hung for murder because I judge/jury "thought" they were right.