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What is your favorite paradox or conundrum? I am partial to can god kill god? (lemmy.world)

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The monotheistic all powerful one.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I think the job experience is less of a paradox and more of a Catch-22. True nonetheless

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wait, what is a catch-22 but a paradox? I’ve never thought about this before, but Yossarian is stuck in a paradoxical situation so these are synonymous terms right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't think so. I interpret paradoxes as being either philosophical impasses (ie, 2 conceptually true statements conflict each other in a way that makes you question where one statement's truth ends and the other statement's truth begins) or a situation in which a solution is unintuitive.

A Catch-22 is more of a physical and intentional impasse, where obstacles are intentionally set up in such a way that people are unable to make a choice. For instance, in the original example of a Catch-22, there is no philosophical argument saying that only insane people are allowed to not fly - it is an arbitrary rule that some higher-up established. And likewise, it is entirely arbitrary to define insane as being willing to fly.

I guess to simplify my stance, it's a paradox if it makes you think "the universe has made this unsolvable" and it's a Catch-22 if it makes you think "some asshole made this unsolvable"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

This makes quite a lot of sense, thanks for explaining that to me!