Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Paradoxes

I feel this is a paradox statement, because of how it is so contradictory.  If Pinocchio is telling the truth his nose will grow, but that would mean he lied.  however if it doesn't grow it means he lied, so it should grow.  It doesn't make sense in the way that if he lies he is telling the truth( his n nose will grow) but if he tells the truth he lied( his nose grows when he lies).    


This triangle is a visual paradox.  If you just look at it for a second you cant notice any problem, but if you take your time to look at its design it is clear that it is not possible to make a triangle that way.  it confuses the mind since you can see a triangle formed, but you know that it is not possible for a triangle to be made in that design.  The angles just don't make sense.  
This picture is of an oxymoron.  the " jumbo shrimp".  the name is the oxymoron since shrimp is also a word for small, and it is a small food.  however here they show the jumbo shrimp which is a bigger shrimp even if it is still small.  In the picture they show the oxymoron by showing an unreal huge "jumbo shrimp".  its like the term white chocolate chocolate is a dark color, so it can´t be white.  shrimp is a small fish so it can´t be jumbo.      



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