So, this is a thread for you to post paradoxical, mind-blowing questions about anything. Keeping in mind that you must stay on-topic, limiting your posts to either make your own paradox or to deal with a proposed one.

To give it a start, I'll give you one of mine:

If I told you to walk to a certain point (lets say its 100 meters away), in a straight line, provided that, after each and every step you take, your speed is halved, would you ever reach the point I asked you to reach?





The ''answer'' for this might imply that some things we believed to be coherent are actually not. But that might just be me.

yes you would eventually reach it.

You have a jar. there is one bug in the jar. every minute the number of bugs in the jar doubles. at 30 minutes the jar is full. At how many minutes is the jar half full?

29 minutes.

That took me some time to figure out.

You don't reach the point if you're allowed a finite time.

thats right fear. or if he said half the distance. but he said half the speed, so eventually he would reach it.
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and sid thats the point lol. everyone says 15.

In my paradox you have infinite time to get to the goal.

Should have mentioned that before

ok so lets say you are 3 steps away from something. first step you go 4 mph. second step you are going 2 mph. 3rd step you go 1 mph. you will eventually reach the end. halving speed wont stop you from getting there.

i wish i was. they hear 30, they hear half, ITS 15!!!!

zy you are thinking of this the wrong way. No matter what your starting speed is, you will eventually make it.

zy you will never hit 0 mph if your speed is halved. but your steps take up the same distance. it may take millions of years, but you will eventually get there.