Just a silly paradox coming from self-reference. Is there a paradox not coming from self-reference?
In the liar paradox "I am a liar" we get stuck on whether it is true or false, but I've argued before the real state of this sentence is NULL or undecided.
Problem with this statement is that no answer from us actually confirms the statement, and if the statement gets a confirmation one has to assume it has been answered, in which case it is not a rhetorical question.
So the statement has to have the answer No without us giving any answer at all! That is a contradiction.
Obviously we can't reply "yes" without contradicting our self.
So in a really weird way it is a paradox, and one that really gets in amongst the machinery of question and answer. Need to consider this again when I have time as this process is something that has always interested me.
It probably has bearing on Truth/False/NULL which is a profoundly deep issue.
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