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[appolose]

Words Of Wisdom said:

appolose said:

I love trying to solve paradoxes and bizarre questions, so here's a thread for anyone else who does.  I'm fairly sure I know the solutions to most of these, so I may post the answers later.  Try to stay off of Wikipedia and Google.  EDIT:  Oh yes, if you really think you know the answer, maybe put up a spoiler warning.

1.  Any statement not in bold is false.  Any statement in bold is true.  Is this a paradox, or can one be right?

 

2.  A man says to you, "Everything I tell you is a lie".  Paradox, false, or true (slight variant of the first problem)?

 

3.  Is this a question? Find the correct answer.

 

4.  What is the answer to this question?  Harder version of 3.

 

5.  What is the difference between a duck?  Well, what is it?

 

6.  This statement is false.  Paradox, false, true, or something else entirely?

 

If you have any, feel free to put them up too.

I'm bored so I may as well:

1.  Liar's paradox if read strictly with any ~= all.  Otherwise the first statement can stand alone.

2.  Liar's paradox.

3.  Yes.

4.  It is?  The question should be worded like this for clarity:  "What" is the answer to the question?

5.  This question is no less retarded now than it was the first time I heard it.  Screw the duck.

6.  Liar's paradox.

 

M'kay, your answers are noted and mentally scored...

Oh yes.  Question 4 is much harder than 3.  I'm not sure why you put what in quotation marks, though.