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02 May 2022, 08:00
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On a recent trip to the Mediterranean, I made the acquaintance of a young man who warned me against trusting Cretans. “Everything they say is a lie,” he told me, “and I should know because I come from Crete myself.” I thanked the fellow for his advice but told him in light of what he had said I had no intention of believing it.
Which of the following is most nearly analogous to the warning issued by the young man?
(A) An admission by a witness under cross-examination that he has lied.
(B) A sign put up by the Chamber of Commerce of a large city alerting visitors to the dangers of pickpockets.
(C) The command of a military leader to his marching troops to do an about face.
(D) A sentence written in chalk on a blackboard that says, “This sentence is false.”
(E) The advice of a veteran worker to a newly hired person: “You don’t actually have to work hard so long as you look like you’re working hard.”
Which of the following is most nearly analogous to the warning issued by the young man?
(A) An admission by a witness under cross-examination that he has lied.
(B) A sign put up by the Chamber of Commerce of a large city alerting visitors to the dangers of pickpockets.
(C) The command of a military leader to his marching troops to do an about face.
(D) A sentence written in chalk on a blackboard that says, “This sentence is false.”
(E) The advice of a veteran worker to a newly hired person: “You don’t actually have to work hard so long as you look like you’re working hard.”
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02 May 2022, 20:17
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Which of the following is most nearly analogous to the warning issued by the young man?
That warning being: "Everything they [Cretans] say is a lie" with the info that he himself is a Cretan as a substantiating point.
The sentence basically creates a paradox. If everything Cretans say is a lie, then what he is saying [as a Cretan] must also be a lie. But if what he says is a lie, then it can't be true everything Cretans say is a lie.
This isn't really a perfect paradox, but the idea is kinda paradoxical. The only AC that even remotely resembles this is D which is a true paradox.
That warning being: "Everything they [Cretans] say is a lie" with the info that he himself is a Cretan as a substantiating point.
The sentence basically creates a paradox. If everything Cretans say is a lie, then what he is saying [as a Cretan] must also be a lie. But if what he says is a lie, then it can't be true everything Cretans say is a lie.
This isn't really a perfect paradox, but the idea is kinda paradoxical. The only AC that even remotely resembles this is D which is a true paradox.
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