barbershop paradox

[grenade]

The supposition that if one of two simultaneous assumptions leads to a contradiction, the other assumption is also disproved leads to paradoxical consequences.

[michaelhodgins]

@grenade, could you provide a concrete example?

[necenzurat]

@michaelhodgins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbershop_paradox

[michaelhodgins]

@necenzurat I was hoping for a concrete example, rather that a definition.

[necenzurat]

it's there

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On Sat, May 17, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Michael Hodgins
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@necenzurat https://github.com/necenzurat I was hoping for a concrete
example, rather that a definition.

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[michaelhodgins]

The page has a nice discussion about how the Barbershop paradox is flawed and is in fact a logical error, but I didn't see an example of it applied to time travel.