World's best suggested paradox

[Someonetookmyname]

i like the one Homer (simpsons) made: Could Jesus make a burrito so hot, that even he couldnt eat it?

 

[That_Swedish_Guy]

The paradox of motion named 'Achilles And The Tortoise"

In the paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise, Achilles is in a footrace with the tortoise. Achilles allows the tortoise a head start of 100 metres. If we suppose that each racer starts running at some constant speed (one very fast and one very slow), then after some finite time, Achilles will have run 100 metres, bringing him to the tortoise's starting point. During this time, the tortoise has run a much shorter distance, say, 10 metres. It will then take Achilles some further time to run that distance, by which time the tortoise will have advanced farther; and then more time still to reach this third point, while the tortoise moves ahead. Thus, whenever Achilles reaches somewhere the tortoise has been, he still has farther to go. Therefore, because there are an infinite number of points Achilles must reach where the tortoise has already been, he can never overtake the tortoise

That is, assuming that Achillies takes the same amount of time to cover each of the distances.

 

[Amphoteric]

i like the one Homer (simpsons) made: Could Jesus make a burrito so hot, that even he couldnt eat it?

A bunch of 1st century barbarians effectively inflicted serious pain on him so yes.

 

[mParadox]

*looks at avatar title* I personally like the Zeno's Paradox.

 

[GrinningManiac]

If you got the portals from Portal and put them both on a flat surface, then pressed both surfaces together so the portals met - would there be infinite space between the portals (I.E. if you were in the portals when they were pressed face-to-face, would you occupy any space?) or would it be an infinite non-space where a lack of space is repeated endlessly?

 

[eggy32]

If I take something that is six pounds, and turn it over, would it become nine pounds?

This doesn't make any sense. Explain it.

Because 9 is an upside-down 6. So if I take something that is 6 pounds and turn it over, it gets heavier. Science!

Of course, how could i have missed that?

 

[Psycho Cat Industries]

Dividing by zero!
Also,a safe is supposed to be easy to access and yet impossible to open

 

[Soveru]

You're in a car going at the speed of light. It is pitch black outside and then you turn on the headlights. Do you see anything?

 

[RobCoxxy]

That one I enjoy, and the ham sandwich.
Nothing it better than eternal happiness.
A ham sandwich is better than nothing.
Therefore, by the transitive property, a ham sandwich is better than eternal happiness.
QED

Yes there is.
Bacon.

Just realized what happened.
Bacon, in and of itself, is not eternal. It can be a cause of happiness, but its limited time frame in eternity means that it is only a small portion (if one at all).

Well, same with a ham sandwich, but.... bacon is the better version.... so... what is bacon?

 

[YoBadMama]

The last man on earth sat in a room.

then there came a knock on the door.



----
shortest scary story ever.

That's because it was a zombie.

What happens when Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks Mr.T while Mr.T was punching Chuck Norris?

 

[YoBadMama]

Best paradox? Here you go.

Oh, and on the subject of irresistable force VS an immovable object? The universe moves instead...

I must be missing something but I don't get the picture right now.

Because paradox rhymes with "Pair of Docks".

 

[SmokingMirrors]

Going back in time to stop something, anything from happening. It cannot be done without incurring a paradox.

That is if you consider time to be linear, or even something tangible to begin with.

 

[Toranilor]

A fun thing I picked up in 4-U maths class last year; Supernatural numbers.

Spoiler

Imagine a list of decimal numbers, for example:

1.23...
2.34...
3.45...

Now, imagine if you took the first digit of the first number, added one, the second digit of the second number, added one, and constructed a new number;

1.23...
2.34...
3.45...
-----------
2.46...

Now imagine that this list is infinite, encompassing all numbers. The number formed by the (number digit +1) method will already exist inside the series , and thus the final number will have at least one digit different.. to itself.

 

[Fetzenfisch]

Basically, what do you think is the world's funniest or most mind-boggling suggested paradox?

Mine is:
What happens if you put super glue on a Teflon-covered frying pan?

A better question is, "How did they get the Teflon to stick to the frying pan?"

Nope, sorry. Intense heat and pressure is the answer.

And the answer to your question is a hardend disc of glue that slides off the teflon.
next.

 

[DTWolfwood]

Hope someone mention the Red Shirt vs Storm Trooper Paradox. XD

 

[randomrob]

If you try to fail and you succeed, what have you done?

 

[i_love_beige]

This post is false.

 

[Vrach]

You can't divide by zero. Yes you fucking can. I have two apples, I don't divide by anything so I still have two apples. The mathematicians just don't want to admit defeat.

Not dividing and dividing by zero are two different things :>

 

[royohz]

Basically, what do you think is the world's funniest or most mind-boggling suggested paradox?

Mine is:
What happens if you put super glue on a Teflon-covered frying pan?

A better question is, "How did they get the Teflon to stick to the frying pan?"

Nope, sorry. Intense heat and pressure is the answer.

And the answer to your question is a hardend disc of glue that slides off the teflon.
next.

But glue, like epoxy glue supposedly sticks to anything!

 

[fgdfgdgd]

This one is a quote from a friend that has an odd Zen like quality to it and it gets better the more you ponder it: "Wearing a watch is a waste of time."