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(idea) by lcasillas (?) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 8:51:29

The essence of Epimenides' paradox.
Epimenides was the guy from Crete who said that cretins, I mean, cretans are liars.
This was original self-referential paradox.

See Russell's paradox, and Douglas Hofstadter.


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