Paradox?

[Shadows]

There is a village where the barber shaves all those and only those who do not shave themselves. Who shaves the barber?

 

[ImmortalTech]

a) anybody that shaves themselves may also shave the barber as it does not say 'those that shave themselves only shave themselves'

b) the barber does not shave, since he's just gangsta like that

 

[Preach]

That's not a paradox, that's a peculiar problem.

 

[Jokerman]

He gets his shave at another village

His electric shaver shaves him

The barber is a woman

He's a transvestite who just got his last injection of estrogen and no longer needs to shave.

 

[Illuminattile]

Where is this village? Sounds like a friendly place.

 

[ArtsyGirl]

The barber shouldnt have such strict rules! Stooopid barber..

 

[tHuG $TyLe]

He doesn't shave. He uses scissors.

I WIN I WIN.

I don't give a toodle if I'm wrong. I am right in my precious head.

 

[Duke]

You presented your problem incorrectly, Shadows.

 

[masta247]

In this case there is no paradox.

yeah, there's a popular story behind it. You presented it in short thus losing its point
But then while looking for it I see that many people online degraded that thing to 2 sentences

Full version:

Suppose there is a town with just one male barber; and that every man in the town keeps himself clean-shaven: some by shaving themselves, some by attending the barber. It seems reasonable to imagine that the barber obeys the following rule: He shaves all and only those men in town who do not shave themselves.

Under this scenario, we can ask the following question: Does the barber shave himself?

The answer is obviously a contradiction.

In logic 'x and not x'

 

[Elmira]

I agree with Jokey. I once got a shave from a woman barber, named Barb. Barbara the barber.

 

[vg4030]

I agree with Jokey. I once got a shave from a woman barber, named Barb. Barbara the barber.

Are you Indian??

 

[Jokerman]

Are you Indian??

Are you Jewish??

 

[Bender]

the barber shaves himself, because shaving himself is not the same as shaving themselves

 

[Shadows]

In this case there is no paradox.

yeah, there's a popular story behind it. You presented it in short thus losing its point
But then while looking for it I see that many people online degraded that thing to 2 sentences

Full version:

Suppose there is a town with just one male barber; and that every man in the town keeps himself clean-shaven: some by shaving themselves, some by attending the barber. It seems reasonable to imagine that the barber obeys the following rule: He shaves all and only those men in town who do not shave themselves.

Under this scenario, we can ask the following question: Does the barber shave himself?

The answer is obviously a contradiction.

In logic 'x and not x'

I copied and pasted.

 

[Bender]

Under this scenario, we can ask the following question: Does the barber shave himself?

this is the wrong question to be asking.

in a village where none shave themselves, anyone could shave him or herself. as in if i refer to shaving myself, i do not refer to it as shaving themselves. i shave myself in a village where none shave themselves, my occupation is therefore a barber

 

[ArtsyGirl]

Who gives a

 

[vg4030]

Are you Jewish??

No but I am cheap

 

[ill-matic]

boring

 

[_carmi]

*walks out of thread*

 

[Duke]

^^^ post nude pix then we tal. k until tene stfu k