Russell's Paradox - a simple explanation of a profound problem (28:28) ~ Jeffrey Kaplan

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

This is a profound problem, some more background on it because it goes further back than Bertrand Russell

This was actually just a different application of what Godel had just proved in his Incompleteness Theorem, as was Turing's halting problem. Even then, Godel just created a mathematical description logically equivalent to the Pre-Socratic philosopher Gorgias' theory of non-existence circa 400's BCE that nobody (perhaps not even Godel) realized the mathematical significance of

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Why did the monkey fall out of the tree?
Because it was dead.
Why did the monkey die?
Because it fell out of a tree.

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Lol, was that his paradox? I know he was involved in the work on this after Godel, but I didn't watch the video due to my strict policy on only reading. Godel's was essentially 'this sentence is lie'

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

No. That was one I heard as a kid. Your recollection is accurate.

Not sure why the other guy went crazy when learning of the paradox. I suspect he was on the edge anyway.

[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The paradox is, "Can a thing be something, that it isn't?"

Answer: No.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Correct, thats not a paradox at all, ''A' equals 'not A'' evaluates to false

[–]Dragonerne 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"This sentence is false"

What's the answer? Is it true or false?

[–]BISH 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"This sentence is false"

What's the answer? Is it true or false?

It's a statement. The question creates paradoxical conditions that aren't inherent to the stand-alone statement.

The entire paradox is predicated on arbitrary rules that are assigned to the set.

"Bad things are good."

Is this a true/false statement?
Who cares. It's irrelevant, without a real world context.

These sets are designed to factor out real world issues, so the ruling class (Bertrand Russell, etc.) can pretend they're objective, and that their decisions are logically justifiable.

Heavy emphasis on in-group and out-group classification. Consistent with a culture of class-oriented scumbags.

[–]BISH 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Bertrand Russell was a piece of shit eugenicist.

He forced underage children to have sex with each other, to research a better way of undermining monogamous relationships. He was given a special charter to experiment on children in the US.

[–]Oyveygoyim 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Ah more jew videos from JasonJEWSwell

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Ignore me and remain as ignorant as you like.

[–]Oyveygoyim 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

If you stop posting your shitty jew interviews in multiple subs then you have a deal!

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

That's not much of a deal.

[–]Oyveygoyim 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So be it