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31 Oct 2007 23:42:41 IST

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a question wich will take off ur mind

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On a piece of paper it is written "What ever is written on the other side of this paper is false".
And on the other side it is written "What ever is written on the other side of this paper is true".
Which statement is true ??

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Ramya Hegde

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1 Nov 2007 04:18:38 IST

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The second one is true. Bcoz the first one says the the second is false, and the second one is saying that the first side has the false statement. So this statement should be wrong. Hence the first side is not true while the second side has the true statement.

Anshuman Johri

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1 Nov 2007 22:59:28 IST

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assume the first one to be true.

so the second statement is false.
so the second state becomes "What ever is written on the other side of this paper is false"(i.e. the true statement)
which shows that the first statement was true.

so the first one is true.

Maha Ganesan

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2 Nov 2007 12:12:36 IST

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wtz written on the 1st side uf d paper is tru

anshul sharma

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4 Nov 2007 20:34:43 IST

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i think the 2nd equation is correct but m nt sure...

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5 Nov 2007 14:40:46 IST

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i 2 think d first one is correct .

aNdRoMeDa

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5 Nov 2007 14:47:10 IST

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ya......i 2 feel that d 1st one is true.............. :)

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6 Nov 2007 17:05:24 IST

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I think the first is true...quite simple,really.

Euracle Mc Hertz

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7 Nov 2007 18:29:49 IST

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2 one is true! because first is saying that other side is false and the second is saying that other side is true. This means that the first side of the paper is true according to the second side but the second side is false according to the first side. So This means that the second side is true!
Got my point?
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Himanshu

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27 Nov 2007 05:49:08 IST

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i think so 1st side is true....

Akshansh Gupta

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1 Dec 2007 21:20:09 IST

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I think the First one is TRUE

rohan ghosh

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16 Dec 2007 20:19:55 IST

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i think no solution is possible..

suhail

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6 Jun 2008 19:54:39 IST

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this is da most succinct and classic paradox. its referred 2 as a tautology coz its redundant. it can b replaced by a simple statement 'this statement is false' here, as the point of reference changes and da intial condition then becomesa premise which is exactly opposite it cant b said clearly which staement is true

Aishwarya Vardhan Chaturvedi

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6 Jun 2008 20:04:25 IST

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no solution...
c if v take the 1st statement 2 b true....
it says the statement on the other side is false..
which means the statement on the second side is false...
i.e. The statement written on the first side cant b true which is contradictory to our supposition..
Whereas if v take the second side 2 b true
i.e. the statement on the first side is true...
the statement on the second side is false...
which is again contradictory to our supposition..
i agree with necro philia...
its a paradox

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