What Is a Paradox?
A paradox is a theoretical situation or a statement that is self-contradictory. True paradoxes cannot be solved because of their contradictory nature, although some paradoxes are not paradoxes at all, but seemingly impossible problems with a difficult to spot answer.
Paradoxes are often used as a thought experiment, and many have been mulled over by philosophers and other great thinkers down through the ages. Some people claim to have been able to solve the problems, but the answers that they give are not always convincing. Regardless, here’s a few examples of some of the best-known paradoxes of all, some of which you may have encountered already.
