Gollum@feddit.org to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 days agoDo you know the answer?feddit.orgexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1639arrow-down117
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minus-squareCaveman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·9 hours 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%.