Monday, April 04, 2005

This statement is false

I apologize to y'all who got offended by that mathematical proof. I was talking to a friend who is minoring in philosophy and he asked me that question. According to him, there are only two resolutions to that proof: either God is not omnipotent, or God has the ability to do that (create a rock He cannot lift or ask a question He cannot answer) but he chooses not to. It is, thus, by exercising the ability to choose that he removes this condition from existence.

A similar statement was once presented to us in a logic class at uni. The professor wrote on the board: "This statement is false." If one uses mathematical logic:
  • If this statement is true, then it must be false
  • If this statement is false, then it must be true
Haha... I love paradoxes! =D

Once I took the Universe to dinner
When she failed to yield to Earth's demands
"Oh she said you mean that little antfarm
I'm alright dear, I've got other plans"

And we're sad because we think we don't belong here
We're guilty 'cuz we think we should be stars
Floating in a navy soup, we're sailing
There you are, there you are!

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