When googling the word 'paradox' (I like to keep in mind what it means as I like the word and always try to remember it but always forget it.... er yeah!) I came across this definition which I found quite funny and wierd:
"The time-traveling grandma-killer."
- Paradox - "A statement that seems contradictory or absurd but, is actually valid or true."
"The time-traveling grandma-killer."
Suppose you build a time machine, go back in time to find your grandmother when she was three years old, and then drown her in the bathtub.
So she never grows up, and never has any kids.
Therefore, one of your parents was never born.
Therefore, YOU were never born.
Therefore, you never traveled back in time and killed your infant grandma.
So she DID grow up and have kids.
Therefore, your parent WAS born.
Therefore, YOU were born.
Therefore, you traveled back in time and killed your infant grandma.
Ad infinitum.
- Paradox - "A statement that seems contradictory or absurd but, is actually valid or true."
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