This statement is false.

[Jim Richards]

The truth is only an illusion.

[cashflyer]

Did you just watch I, Mudd???

[Por_sha911]

(In your best Bill Clinton voice):
Define the word "is".

[scottmandue]

My Dog's Breath Smells Like Dog Food!

[craigster59]

A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.

[kstar]

Originally Posted by craigster59

A flute without holes, is not a flute. A donut without a hole, is a Danish.

Therefore . . . ?

[craigster59]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

Therefore . . . ?

Carl Spackler: IT'S IN THE HOLE.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

Therefore . . . ?

You can tune a piano but you can't tunafish

[968rz]

This statement is false.

Prove It !!

[billyboy]

+1000

[KaptKaos]

Originally Posted by cashflyer

Did you just watch I, Mudd???

Or perhaps "The Changeling"?

For reference http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/TOS/episode/68734.html

/nerd off

[cashflyer]

I thought about Nomad, but I found it more fitting to reference I, Mudd since the title of the thread is basically a line from the Liars Paradox that was used on Norman.

[Rodsrsr]

It sounds like Kurt has traded relativism or absolutes.

[kstar]

From cashflyer's link - my emphasis added:

These statements are paradoxical because there is no way to assign them a consistent truth value. Consider that if "This statement is false" is true, then what it says is the case; but what it says is that it is false, hence it is false. On the other hand, if it is false, then what it says is not the case; thus, since it says that it is false, it must be true.

Absolutely!

Best,

Kurt

P.S.: It's always interesting to see what threads die and which ones go a few pages or more.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

P.S.: It's always interesting to see what threads die and which ones go a few pages or more.

That's true (or false).

[the]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

P.S.: It's always interesting to see what threads die and which ones go a few pages or more.

It's usually pretty predictable from the beginning which ones will have legs. Keep at it, young jedi.

"This statement is false" seems to me to not really be a paradox. Instead, it is just a non-sensical, undefined declaration. The trick is that it IS a gramatically correct sentence. i.e., it is correct in language "form." But it is incomplete/nonsensical in substance and content.

[kstar]

Originally Posted by the

It's usually pretty predictable from the beginning which ones will have legs. Keep at it, young jedi.

. . . Snip . . .

False, this statement is?

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

False, this statement is?

Re my ex-g.f., it is true her breasties are false.

[dentist90]

Statement: "I am an inveterate liar. I am incapable of telling the truth"

Question: is the above statement true or false?

[best Monty Python Professor Gumby voice] Me brain 'urts! [/best Monty Python Professor Gumby voice]

[trekkor]

Say, Kurt?

You ever watch 'Dumb and Dumber' yet?



KT