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The paradoxes are important in highlighting the ambiguities in our language. The annoying aspect is when someone uses a paradox to show off how mathematically
by lurker17 15y ago
The paradoxes are important in highlighting the ambiguities in our language.
The annoying aspect is when someone uses a paradox to show off how mathematically clever they are, instead of to show how ambiguous language is. As XKCD illustrates:
https://www.xkcd.com/169/ https://www.xkcd.com/169/