Proving The Paradox
The paradox...is there an answer? Or is life a simple paradox?
Inconsistent, yet in fact true. Consistent, yet in fact false. It is what we experience in our own lives--and once in a while, we run into puzzles like these many moments in our lives in which we say something is true... or something is false. Any statement is correct...yet foreseen as incorrect by others. We know that it�s right...yet others swear that it is wrong.
Is this a similar situation in your own life? Well...let�s find out...
Okay, here is a simple example:
Let us pretend that if we give the truth to these questions, we will receive the meaning of life. So let us answer these to the best of our ability. Again, this is only pretend. Trust me, this is not all that bad.
1. Is the character "A" the first letter of the English alphabet?
2. Is one plus one equal to two?
3. Are two questions from this example answered as yes?
Our answer sheet:
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Um...?
If you had said yes, 3 would have been false, since there would be three questions that are answered yes. If you would have said no, it would be false, since there are two questions that are answered yes. Yet if you said yes or no, it would also have been true, since it is true that two questions that are answered yes, and it is true that three questions that are answered yes. A simple paradox.
Yet a paradox can also be a paradox to one person, yet simply a yes or no to another. Here is another simple example:
1. Are you a male?
2. Is green one of your favorite colors?
3. Are two questions from this example answered as yes?
Relan Volkum�s Answer Sheet:
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Um...?... " "
For me this example would be a paradox....but what about you?
Other Answer Sheets:
1. No 1. Yes 1. No
2. No 2. No 2. Yes
3. No 3. No 3. No
Whoever you are, these are possible answers. And there is no paradox for these particular answer sheets. A simple yes and no, and the are all correct. But they can also be incorrect, since you can answer one of them as false...and get the wrong answer. Simple. Yet, you could have the same as me, and have a paradox. In other words, there can be a correct answer, a wrong answer...or another paradox...which is an answer itself. Whoever you are, you fall in similar terms.
(A third answer you say...if you can even call it an answer...ahhh...is this Relan guy crazy...or pretty much sane? Or is this just another one of those simple paradoxes in itself? Whoa, that is deep...)
Well, now think about what this is telling you. In life, people have answers and know what is the right way to live...and what is the wrong way to live. Yet to some, the answer is a mystery...or in other words, a paradox...because whatever you feel is right and what you feel is wrong can seem to be the exact opposite. We must understand that sometimes there is no right way...and there is no wrong way. It is what it is. Part of it�s perfection. I can hear you saying, "Ah...is this The Force you are saying Relan?" Well...you can see The Force this way or not this way, that is for your eye to behold. I am just giving you what is. Or is this another paradox? ((Power surge... :) ))
Here is something for you to think about:
Did I prove to you what a paradox is? Well, if that is so, I thought it was impossible to prove a paradox...
...Jedi Relan Volkum
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