Thursday, April 1, 2010

Liar Paradox

WARNING
Do not read this if you are not used to philosophical paradoxes that may or may not give you a head-ache. I AM SERIOUS. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

There was a man jogging around a park. He stops and rests on a bench where he is soon joined by an old man smoking a tobaacco pipe.
"The first person you speak to today will lie to you." The old man said and winked. "Trust me. Don't believe him!"
"Right, thanks for the advice." The jogger said. "But hold on. You're the first person I have spoken to today!"
"Exactly!"

So what the old man said- was it true or false.

Answers and a new paradox posted next week.