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Paradox
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Look up paradox in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.A paradox is a true statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition; or it can be, seemingly opposite, an apparent contradiction that actually expresses a non-dual truth (cf. Koan). Typically, either the statements in question do not really imply the contradiction, the puzzling result is not really a contradiction, or the premises themselves are not all really true or cannot all be true together. The word paradox is often used interchangeably with contradiction. Often, mistakenly, it is used to describe situations that are ironic. An example of this is hating cucumbers, hating yogurt, but loving tzatziki sauce.

it doesnt apply to truth though

one person thinks there is a cookie in the jar
another person thinks there isn't
they are not both right

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Well of course paradoxes do not apply to such meager examples. A paradox can only exist within meaningful concepts. Have you ever researched a little bit of Daoism?

Then you would know that "Everything matters, yet nothing matters" is a valid statement (that is, if you believe in paradoxes)

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Quote: from justin1990rm at 7:27 pm on Oct. 2, 2008

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Paradox  
 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  
 Jump to: navigation, search  
 For other uses, see Paradox (disambiguation).  
 Look up paradox in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.A paradox is a true statement or group of statements that leads to a contradiction or a situation which defies intuition; or it can be, seemingly opposite, an apparent contradiction that actually expresses a non-dual truth (cf. Koan). Typically, either the statements in question do not really imply the contradiction, the puzzling result is not really a contradiction, or the premises themselves are not all really true or cannot all be true together. The word paradox is often used interchangeably with contradiction. Often, mistakenly, it is used to describe situations that are ironic. An example of this is hating cucumbers, hating yogurt, but loving tzatziki sauce.  

 it doesnt apply to truth though  

 

 one person thinks there is a cookie in the jar  
 another person thinks there isn't  
 they are not both right  
 

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Well of course paradoxes do not apply to such meager examples. A paradox can only exist within meaningful concepts. Have you ever researched a little bit of Daoism?

Then you would know that "Everything matters, yet nothing matters" is a valid statement (that is, if you believe in paradoxes)

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ok maybe truth turns to crap when u go into paradoxes but still im talking about the truth in real life situations like this dog exists or this dog doesnt exist, seriously only one of those 2 statements can be right

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My avatar is gay
"disabled people are being punished by god for sins in their previous life"

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Generally speaking, I think it has less to do with political correctness and more to do with the acknowledgement that anyone who says that he knows 100% that he is right, without a shadow of a doubt, and 100% that others are wrong, without a shadow of a doubt, is lying.

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so noone really believes in anything?

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My avatar is gay
"disabled people are being punished by god for sins in their previous life"

Maybe we should try to have a little tact and not blatantly attempt to offend somebody but being pc has no place in this world. Especially to the extent its gotten today and when it's applied with such bias.

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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute
for the lost faith in ourselves. ~Eric Hoffer

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 5:21 am on Oct. 3, 2008

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Generally speaking, I think it has less to do with political correctness and more to do with the acknowledgement that anyone who says that he knows 100% that he is right, without a shadow of a doubt, and 100% that others are wrong, without a shadow of a doubt, is lying.

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so noone really believes in anything?

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Sure they do; they just understand that they can't prove their correctness to others anymore than others can prove their correctness to them, so saying "I'm right and you're wrong" is an exercise in futility, even if it's what they believe.

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Let yourself be enchanted,
You just might break through
To ever ever after

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Quote: from justin1990rm at 3:50 am on Oct. 5, 2008

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 5:21 am on Oct. 3, 2008

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Generally speaking, I think it has less to do with political correctness and more to do with the acknowledgement that anyone who says that he knows 100% that he is right, without a shadow of a doubt, and 100% that others are wrong, without a shadow of a doubt, is lying.

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 so noone really believes in anything?

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Sure they do; they just understand that they can't prove their correctness to others anymore than others can prove their correctness to them, so saying "I'm right and you're wrong" is an exercise in futility, even if it's what they believe.

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true

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My avatar is gay
"disabled people are being punished by god for sins in their previous life"