☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to MathematicsEnglish · 6 months agoThree of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematicswww.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11cross-posted to: scientificamerican@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkThree of the Strangest Paradoxes in Mathematicswww.scientificamerican.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ to MathematicsEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: scientificamerican@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squarepropter_hog [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoI like the part at the end: the barber is (perhaps) a woman. I don’t know why we assume the barber is a man in this paradox, when most people see a female barber nowadays.
I like the part at the end: the barber is (perhaps) a woman. I don’t know why we assume the barber is a man in this paradox, when most people see a female barber nowadays.