Gollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agoDo you know the answer?feddit.orgimagemessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1639arrow-down117
arrow-up1622arrow-down1imageDo you know the answer?feddit.orgGollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square150fedilink
minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoYou can never answer this question correctly. If the correct answer is 25% there’s a 50% chance you guess correctly but that would make the 25% wrong. But if the answer is the 50% then it implies that 25% is correct which implies that 50% is wrong. We reach a contradiction for both 25% and 50% making the correct answer to make the whole statement truthy 0%.
You can never answer this question correctly. If the correct answer is 25% there’s a 50% chance you guess correctly but that would make the 25% wrong.
But if the answer is the 50% then it implies that 25% is correct which implies that 50% is wrong.
We reach a contradiction for both 25% and 50% making the correct answer to make the whole statement truthy 0%.