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Old 09-28-2008, 11:29 PM   #31 (permalink)
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let me set it up less ambiguously (because i don't get what you're saying)

a = b (or, a is b is true)
b = ~a (or, b is a is false)
the question is, a->b? (does a give you b?)
if yes, a -> b and so through substitution a->~a, which is contradictory
if no, a -> ~b, substituting a this time you get b->~b, which is also contradictory

a simpler expression of the same paradox would simply be:

this statement is false
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