Tag: Paradoxes

The dictionary says that a paradox is a fact that seems contrary to logic. For example, “The craziest is the sanest,” “Internal changes are the most visible,” or “Go slow and you’ll finish sooner.” I love collecting them. Because it allows me to see...

Life has an amazing way of showing us the crushing reality, often challenging us of our core beliefs. People who fall in love without letting the societal voices intervene are lucky. People who make that love a commitment even luckier. One has to be strong willed and hopeful to succumb to the fear o...

The question of whether time travel is possible is a subject of much debate among scientists and physicists. Some argue that the laws of physics as we currently understand them do not allow for the possibility of time travel. They believe that time is a one-way street, with the past behind us a...

In the world of mathematics, you’d expect that the chances of a child correctly matching their shoes to the right feet, or the possibility of correctly inserting a USB into a computer port, would stand at a clean 50 percent. This is based on the simple premise that there are two possible outco...

The complexities of reality and the mysteries of the universe. Zeno of Elea, a Greek philosopher from the school of Eleatics, is renowned for his paradoxes that have baffled thinkers for centuries. His unique approach to questioning the existence of change and motion has left a lasting impact ...