...omic is multi-layered, and seems to be [[Randall]]'s take on the {{w|Fermi paradox}}.
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...re are tons of alien encounter stories. This is known as Fermi's Lack-of-a-Paradox.
...is paradox, but it remains a question of scientific debate. The Lack-of-a-Paradox in this strip, however, is that the math suggests that there should be huge
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...ve himself to age slowly while the other ages quickly, forming an apparent paradox. Megan expresses a preference for Cueball's older twin, who will be more "m
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...ould immediately invalidate them. In fact, this is precisely {{w|Russell's Paradox}}, discovered by Bertrand Russell himself.
...org Cantor}}, the inventor of {{w|set theory}}, and adds a second, similar paradox: if you have a fetish for doing everything in the book twice, then that bel
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...ntil you stop assuming acceleration phases can be neglected) or {{w|ladder paradox}} (ladder is both smaller and larger than the garage, until you consider se
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...iewpoint that is related to the thwarted search for {{w|Interesting number paradox|'boring' numbers}}.
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...nterfering in the development of civilizations}}. This answer to the Fermi Paradox is commonly called {{w|zoo hypothesis}}.
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...it is still tiny. This can be compared to the {{w|Sorites paradox}} (the "paradox of the heap"), which involves a "heap" of sand from which grains of sand ar
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...retched by {{w|redshift}} so it's no longer visible to us. See {{w|Olbers' paradox}}
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The apparent "paradox" of the Monty Hall Problem is that many people's initial reaction once the
...problem is strikingly similar to the {{w|Two envelope problem|Two Envelope Paradox}}, one of [http://blog.xkcd.com/2008/09/09/the-goddamn-airplane-on-the-godd
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The {{w|Fermi paradox}} is the contradiction that arises between high estimates of the likelihood
...raterrestrial life is sending any sign of existence back is that {{w|Fermi paradox#Communication is dangerous|they fear they might be destroyed}} soon after t
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...he resulting time-travel questions. This act would result in a time-travel paradox.
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...for a human but much harder for a computer. This illustrates {{w|Moravec's paradox}} from the 1980s in a modern context. By the 1950s computers were useful fo
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...ation spontaneously, on a millisecond or even microsecond time scale. This paradox is central to computational approaches to protein structure prediction.
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The title text touches upon a strange paradox regarding gravity: in isolation it is the simplest and easiest to understan
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This comic points out an apparent paradox in product performance: Many products that are [https://www.google.com/sear
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...ink it is impossible to disprove. Therefore, he references the omnipotence paradox by requiring that God do such an impossible thing in order to have maximall
...not exist. It is similar in approach to this comic and to the omnipotence paradox, in that it also requires a God that can do the logically impossible. In Da
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|temporal paradox
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|I call zeno's paradox on this... thing.
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...ner) thought experiments on {{w|special relativity}}, such as the {{w|twin paradox}} (the twin on the train should be younger after decelerating to a stop), a
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