For every problem faced by the human race there is a solution which is
simple, plausible and... wrong. Menken.
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These are old fond paradoxes to make fools laugh i' the alehouse.
- Othello, Act 1, Scene 1
Paradoxes are as old as humankind. The ancient Greeks studied them
intensely which eventually helped lead to the discovery of irrational
numbers, and paradoxes are mentioned in the Bible: "It was one of their own
prophets who said 'Cretans were never anything but liars, dangerous
animals, all greed and laziness;' and that is a true statement." (Titus
1:12-13)
