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  • ...evitably result in a system just as complicated. This is an example of the paradox in complexity theory that if you attempt to simplify a system of problems b
    10 KB (1,570 words) - 09:42, 10 December 2023
  • ...then arrange for them to fall in love before he ceases to exist due to the paradox of his own parents never having children. An unintended side-effect of the
    4 KB (600 words) - 22:19, 19 January 2024
  • ...st (near {{w|light speed}}) for 74 non-subjective years to return {{w|Twin paradox|without having aged much}}. However, this would not explain why she thinks
    6 KB (1,035 words) - 18:04, 27 February 2024
  • ....S., and an unimportant one at that, which pokes fun at the UK, creating a paradox (sort of).
    33 KB (5,253 words) - 10:03, 17 March 2024
  • ...y time they get halfway to Christmas. This is a joke because of {{w|Zeno's paradox}}, which said "Before a moving object can travel a certain distance, it mus
    6 KB (915 words) - 12:47, 28 February 2024
  • ...s that cannot be proved from the axioms. His proof used a self-referential paradox.
    11 KB (1,760 words) - 18:02, 26 December 2023
  • ...hese "pieces" into two distinct balls both identical to the original. This paradox has been proven for theoretical shapes, but requires infinitely complicated ...nt alternate form of set theory. Since the proof for the Banach–Tarski paradox relies on accepting the axiom of choice, the interviewer is suggesting Cueb
    10 KB (1,676 words) - 17:37, 27 February 2024
  • In the title text, [[Randall]] notes a social paradox: that people tend to be disparaging of such inefficient time-wasting while
    3 KB (483 words) - 18:05, 27 February 2024
  • The {{w|Fermi paradox}} is the question of why humans have yet to detect any evidence of extrater There are a number of different theories to explain this apparent paradox, ranging from life (or intelligent life) being rarer than we expect to the
    4 KB (728 words) - 14:21, 20 July 2023
  • See also the {{w|Unexpected hanging paradox|paradox of the "unexpected hanging"}}.
    3 KB (503 words) - 14:28, 14 December 2023
  • ...ing of spatially separated events depend on the observer?}}", or "{{w|Twin paradox|can time run at different rates for different observers?}}". But it doesn'
    4 KB (645 words) - 07:40, 22 October 2022
  • ...st, then it is also specifically an illustration of the {{w|false positive paradox}}: A test that is rarely wrong, but which tests for an event that is even r
    10 KB (1,678 words) - 13:53, 16 May 2023
  • ...ith this property is called the Condorcet winner. Due to the {{w|Condorcet paradox}}, an election with 3 or more candidates might not have a Condorcet winner,
    6 KB (968 words) - 21:56, 15 December 2022
  • ...annot add days to the counter without re-setting the sign, which creates a paradox: either you add a day by re-setting it (which, according to the sign, means The sign is {{w|self-referential}} (which causes the paradox). Self-reference is a [[:Category:Self-reference|recurring theme]] in xkcd.
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  • The third panel is a reference to the {{w|Quine paradox}}, whereby a sentence repeated twice in succession proves to be paradoxical ...atement is false" but without the explicit self-reference. Named after the paradox, a {{w|quine (computing)|quine}} is also a computer program which outputs i
    5 KB (827 words) - 14:24, 1 February 2024
  • ...ent does not end well for the ant according to Randall, likely because the paradox often ends up with incredibly long amounts of time until the ant finally ge
    8 KB (1,323 words) - 02:50, 30 January 2024
  • :'''Arrow paradox:''' At any instant in time, an arrow suspended in mid-air is no different f :'''Dichotomy paradox:''' Suppose I need to go from point A to point B. First I must walk halfway
    3 KB (532 words) - 19:58, 26 May 2022
  • ...). One of the most famous examples on this is the {{w|Schrödinger's cat}} paradox.
    2 KB (381 words) - 17:07, 26 May 2022
  • ...ng ca. 1975), is still around and heavily used. [[Randall]] points out the paradox that after 15 years he is still unable to write out a proper tar command fr
    4 KB (661 words) - 22:22, 20 October 2023
  • ...theories about how it would still be possible - see the link. The obvious paradox is that when Rob dies the future Rob never existed. But also the time trave
    4 KB (581 words) - 00:43, 30 May 2022

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