PEOPLE! a paradox?

rule 1: always use the internet in your underwear

rule 2: ignore rule 1 and 2

would this count as a paradox or just a contradiction?

its hw...... =)

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  • Paradox.

    1) All people that adhere to, the rule of 'use the internet in their underwear.' are people that follow rule #1.

    2) All people that ignore rule #1 and this one(rule#2), are people that don't follow rules.

    A) Univ = People

    B) middle term(m) = people following rule #1

    C) x = people using the internet in their underwear.

    D) not-y= people that do-not follow rules.

    1) All x are m

    2) All not-m are not-y.

    Conclusion = Some not-x are not-y

    Conclusion = Some people, who refuse using the internet in their underwear, are people who do-not follow rules.

    'PEOPLE' are not the contradiction, cause some do not follow the rules stated above.

    So 'PEOPLE' then are more likely to be a paradox, according to the rules, but not-necessarily so.

  • this is a trick Question a paradox is defined as

    A paradox can be an apparently 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.

    I have always though of a paradox in the time travel sense where is you go back in time and see your self you will create a paradox. I am really not sure sorry!

  • Contradiction.

    A paradox usually only seems like a contradiction, but really there's a deeper answer to be found.

  • It is a paradox.

    The second statement leads to infinite contradictions. Thus the whole set is a paradox. Not just a contradiction.

  • This is neither a paradox nor a contradiction, this is an incoherence.

  • A paradox .

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