Paradoxes by Mr. Harvey https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2 A paradox is a statement that at first sounds absurd and insane, but after it is thought about more in depth, proves to be true. This Padlet contains three paradoxes. For each paradox below, try your best to explain why it is a paradox in at lest two to three complete sentences. “I can resist anything but temptation.” – Oscar Wilde en-us 2017-08-29 00:59:01 UTC 2025-10-02 16:08:31 UTC hello@padlet.com MrScrott https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/183277924 2017-08-29 01:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/183277924 MrScrott https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/183278448 2017-08-29 01:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/183278448 MrScrott https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228582938 2018-02-06 13:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228582938 The sign says not in use, but it is being used to tell you it isn't in use. The sign is being used to tell you it means nothing. So it really isn't being used. https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228619603 2018-02-06 14:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228619603 Sigh Not In Use https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228620137 The sign says not in use but if you look closer it talking about the sign ahead.  So people would thing the sign is talking about itself which is absurd since you can clearly see it.]]> 2018-02-06 14:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228620137 SIGN NOT IN USE https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228620939 The sign saying it is not in use is actually making it in use. Its providing the information that its not in use, but it isn't particularly in use to the a driver.]]> 2018-02-06 14:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228620939 sign https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621117 The sign says that the sign is not being used right now ]]> 2018-02-06 14:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621117 The sign is actually in use. This is because it's in use by telling you it's not in use. https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621187 2018-02-06 14:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621187 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621306 This is a paradox because if the sign wasn't in use, why would it be there in the first place? Signs are there specifically for reasoning to show something and definitely for use.]]> 2018-02-06 14:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621306 Sign https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621313 Because it is being used, but it says its not]]> 2018-02-06 14:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621313 its a paradox because its a sign that says theres not a sign in use https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621316 2018-02-06 14:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621316 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621367 The sign says, "Sign not in Use." But you can read what the sign says. They are using the sign to tell you that. ]]> 2018-02-06 14:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621367 Paradox1 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621379 Because the sign is "not in use" but to understand that you have to use the sign]]> 2018-02-06 14:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621379 Paradox thing https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621413 This is a paradox because it made no sense at first. It's a sign and it says that it's not in use. But maybe they had something there and they put that over top of it.]]> 2018-02-06 14:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621413 Sign Not In Use https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621467 The sign is not being used ]]> 2018-02-06 14:45:37 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621467 Paradox https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621578 It is a paradox because it doesn't make sense. If it wasn't going to be used then why did someone make it.]]> 2018-02-06 14:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228621578 philip_wayde https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622089 it is a paradox because it says that the sign is not in use even though it is?]]> 2018-02-06 14:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622089 Red and Blue https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622106 The Red button says that the blue button is true, while the blue button is saying the red button is false. so it seems that it doesn't make sense but if you look at it a bit closer then you can see that its saying that the red button is true.]]> 2018-02-06 14:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622106 Paradox https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622191 It's a paradox because the sign says its not in use, but its there being used. 

]]> 2018-02-06 14:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622191 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622347 The sign is being used because its telling us the sign is not in use.]]> 2018-02-06 14:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622347 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622689 it says the sign is in use but the sign is actually in use

]]> 2018-02-06 14:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622689 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622729 The sign is there to tell us that it isn't in use but since it is telling us this, it is technically is in use.]]> 2018-02-06 14:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622729 its a paradox because the sign says it isn't in use but it is there with words on it being used https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622853 2018-02-06 14:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622853 The red button says that the blue button is true, but the blue one says the red one is false. The red one could be true about the blue one being false about the red one. They're right by being wrong. So basically, the red one is right by being wrong. https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622999 2018-02-06 14:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228622999 philip_wayde https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228623152 the red button says blue is true but blue says red is a liar.]]> 2018-02-06 14:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228623152 Buttons https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228623393 The red button is saying the blue button is right, but the blue button is saying the red is false. ]]> 2018-02-06 14:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228623393 sign https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228623409 the sign says not is use but its obviously being used]]> 2018-02-06 14:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228623409 Button https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624036 At first I saw this and it made absolutely no sense. But all it's saying is that it's the opposite. Why can't they just say the red button is false and the blue button is true.]]> 2018-02-06 14:49:08 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624036 this is a paradox because the red button is true, while the blue button is saying the red button is false. https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624134 2018-02-06 14:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624134 yeet https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624208 the buttons say that the opposite one is either true or false ]]> 2018-02-06 14:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624208 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624300 t]]> 2018-02-06 14:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624300 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624605 This is a paradox because it is something present that is not being used at all.]]> 2018-02-06 14:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624605 Button https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624648 It doesn't need to say that the red is false on the blue and the blue is true on the red. It could just have false on red and true on blue.]]> 2018-02-06 14:49:55 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624648 Woody the owl https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624664 His nose only grows when hes not telling the truth. So as you can clearly see his nose is not growing as he is not telling a lie or the truth so its a PARADOX.]]> 2018-02-06 14:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624664 This is a paradox because the red button is saying the blue button is true. Meanwhile the blue button is saying the red button is false. You need to look at it more closely to understand. https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624682 2018-02-06 14:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624682 philip_wayde https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624794 if pinnochio lies his nose grows but if he tells the truth it doesn't. however if it doesn't grow he is lying but if it does then that means he was telling the truth.]]> 2018-02-06 14:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624794 the red button says the blue button is right. the blue button says the red one is wrong https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624829 2018-02-06 14:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624829 Paradox2 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624830 This is a paradox because you want to trust the red button, but once you read the blue button, you realize that what is on the blue button is counteracting the red]]> 2018-02-06 14:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624830 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624834 he's saying that his nose will grow which is a truth. but that means his nose wont grow so that means]]> 2018-02-06 14:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228624834 The sign is being used to tell you its not being used https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228625272 2018-02-06 14:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228625272 the blue button says the red button is false and the red button says the blue button is true https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228625722 2018-02-06 14:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228625722 Button https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228625907 There is buttons

]]> 2018-02-06 14:51:18 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228625907 Button https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228626133 This is a paradox because the colored buttons state that the corresponding color is true or false ]]> 2018-02-06 14:51:37 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228626133 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228626298 Pinocchio said his nose will grow, but if he tells the truth it won't grow. He has to lie for it to grow.]]> 2018-02-06 14:51:51 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228626298 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228626630 The red button is saying the blue button is right but the blue button is saying the red button is wrong. Theoretically both buttons are right. The red button saying the blue button is right means that the red button is wrong meaning]]> 2018-02-06 14:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228626630 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228626665 It is a paradox because ]]> 2018-02-06 14:52:20 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228626665 This is a paradox due to him saying his nose will grow. But his nose grows when he tells lies. So is him saying his nose will grow now a lie? If it grows he will contradict himself when it actually does grow, he'll be right when it does. https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228626814 2018-02-06 14:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228626814 Pinnochio https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228627234 He got a big nose and when he lies his big nose gets even bigger]]> 2018-02-06 14:53:02 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228627234 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228627612 the red button says the blue button is true so then the blue button i false so then both buttons are false]]> 2018-02-06 14:53:33 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228627612 hes about to tell a lie https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228628140 2018-02-06 14:54:09 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228628140 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228628220 This is a paradox. I do not know how to explain why because it is hard. ]]> 2018-02-06 14:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228628220 Nosey https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228628235 This is a paradox because at first this was dumb to me. But then i realized that he's going to tell a lie because people say your nose will grow if you tell lies.]]> 2018-02-06 14:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228628235 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228628952 This is a paradox because his nose only grows when hes telling a lie. His lie is that his nose will grow, which is the lie that will make his nose grow ]]> 2018-02-06 14:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228628952 p3 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228630388 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]]> 2018-02-06 14:56:57 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228630388 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228630447 2018-02-06 14:57:01 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228630447 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228630491 This is a paradox because whenever he lies his nose grows. but he's saying that it is growing however, its not. So it makes you think ]]> 2018-02-06 14:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228630491 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228630782 When his nose starts to grow he will be telling the truth, so when he lies it will also grow]]> 2018-02-06 14:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228630782 https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228630890 we know that his nose grows when he lies and he was lying and his nose isnt growing]]> 2018-02-06 14:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/228630890 reading a sign makes you read a sign. A sign reading you doesn't exist because a sign reading doesn't work. Working a sign doesn't seem legit, but a sign working will not also work, because the sign is not the power source itself. The powersource is not a powersource for that the power source is the power house. https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/1495584023 2021-05-05 19:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/MrScrott/zgb9l4ukvdg2/wish/1495584023