Topic: Paradoxical Questions

That's not a paradox - it's just a fallacy. Something cannot be a rule if it has an exception.

If a person is lying they are presenting a statement, which they know to be false, as the truth. It doesn't matter if the statement itself is true or not.

If Pinocchio believes in what he says, then his nose won't grow. If Pinocchio doesn't believe in what he says, then his nose will grow.

You're right. True Lies was a pretty entertaining flick.

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?

The answer is yes.

It depends on how you define the behaviour of Pinocchio's nose. If you take it that it only grows when Pinocchio knowingly lies, then yes, what you say is correct.

Alternatively you could assume that there is some omniscient being/force/something else that knows what is true and what is not. Then, no matter what Pinocchio thinks, his nose will grow whenever he says something that is factually incorrect.

In fact that wouldn't be a bad power to have if it's the latter. You could make a lot of money by exploiting that omniscient power for information (assuming that the omniscience extends to the future) - Pinocchio could sit there and run through the lotto numbers, saying '7 will be drawn in this week's lotto'. If his nose doesn't grow, then just jot down 7 and keep running through the numbers. That way you, without fail, can predict each week's lotto numbers.

BAM - millionaire!

If a tree falls in a castle and a panda isn't around to kick a kitten, does a snake grow legs?

Yes. Probably.

Now riddle me this. If a clock has an alarm, does it go on or does it go off?

For the same reason we park in driveways and drive in parkways.

_{For the record, I think it either turns on or goes off.}

If I were to tell you that the next thing I say would be true, but the last thing I said was a lie, would you believe me?

Even though this is a completely different kind of paradox, I couldn't resist :3

Taking into account the Coriolis effect, I'd probably throw you off a cliff.

I get what you're trying to say, but that's a bit of an ambiguous statement. :3

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable obj...

Snake! You've created a time paradox!

TIME PARADOX!

Well. going back to the pinocchio thing... He said a lie, his nose is not going to grow just because he says so.
But since it is a lie it does grow 1 stage (based on the disney cartoon, it seems to work by preset increments).
Just because it is true after that it doesn't mean it wasn't a lie before.
Just like the linear programming code Zez wrote about it.

Now, assuming he needs to say the truth about his lie to lower his nose size, then the real paradoxical question would be... What would he need to say to tell the truth?

@Morphtroid The answer is simple

I LIED!

Aquarion evol paradoxicall zoo

@angel9 I'm sorry, what?