Can someone explain a paradox to me?

[aml]

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=142749.msg3286011#msg3286011

And if you go to the bottom of that page you see why that paragraph is wrong.

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[dkamm65]

http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=142749.msg3286011#msg3286011

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox#Non-paradoxes

If you still can't comprehend it, there is no hope for your brain.

[indyjones]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox#Non-paradoxes

If you still can't comprehend it, there is no hope for your brain.

You can't comprehend it either so don't be talking.

[dkamm65]

You can't comprehend it either so don't be talking.

Yeah, you didn't get it. I'll chalk that up as a victory.

For the third time against you on this subject.

[Lil Robot]

THIS.
SENTENCE.
IS.
FALSE.
don't think about it don't think about it don't think about it

[CapTMeaT]

The below sentence is a lie.
The above sentence is truth.

[FrozenEye]

Everything I say is a lie.

What happens is it's something that repeats forever and can't possibly be right or wrong.  Everything I say is a lie is true, yet it's a lie because I said it is, but then it's true because I said im lying and I am, but then I'm not because.. and it goes on.

False.
You said that everything you said is a lie, rendering everything below invalid, so it wouldnt matter what you said.
I think,

[dkamm65]

THIS.
SENTENCE.
IS.
FALSE.
don't think about it don't think about it don't think about it

The below sentence is a lie.
The above sentence is truth.

^These people are doing it right.

[Doomonkey]

The below sentence is a lie.
The above sentence is truth.

Clearly that group of sentences is false and you are trying to deceive us.

[.::Taboo::.]

one of the biggest pains in the ass during the school year is teaching the kids the difference between lies, oxymora, ironic statements, and paradoxes.
here's what i generally define each one as:
lie: a statement that is incorrect with the intent of misleading to believe that the lie is truth; being wrong is not a lie, it is a mistake
oxymoron: a statement that essentially has two things being used as one subject despite being opposites
irony: a statement that can be incorrect or inaccurate but with the intention of humor or insult, similar to sarcasm but not quite
paradox: a statement that loops with impossibilities (the do-until loop of language, as i like to say) by contradicting itself

hei guize eyem' an english teecher!

[aml]

What does a paradox have to do with English literature?

[FrozenEye]

one of the biggest pains in the ass during the school year is teaching the kids the difference between lies, oxymora, ironic statements, and paradoxes.
here's what i generally define each one as:
lie: a statement that is incorrect with the intent of misleading to believe that the lie is truth; being wrong is not a lie, it is a mistake
oxymoron: a statement that essentially has two things being used as one subject despite being opposites
irony: a statement that can be incorrect or inaccurate but with the intention of humor or insult, similar to sarcasm but not quite
paradox: a statement that loops with impossibilities (the do-until loop of language, as i like to say) by contradicting itself

hei guize eyem' an english teecher!

I now understand the definition of a Paradox.
Thank you.

What does a paradox have to do with English literature?

[.::Taboo::.]

paradoxes are actually a pretty big part of language. you'd be surprised how much logic and philosophy branch into language.
i mean, hell, most literature pieces are very philosophical in the first place.
and as i said, kids often get those terms mixed up together, so it's important to teach them difference.

[Doomonkey]

I don't like your definition of ironic.

[Joker Card]

The below statement is true
The above statement is false.