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At 11/20/08 06:40 PM, swordsman21 wrote: Here's one for you:

Three men go to a hotel on their way to a business trip. The manager only has one room available. He agrees to rent it to the men for $30. Each of the men pay him $10.

The manager later decides that he overcharged the men, so he gives $5 to a bellhop to return to the men. The bellhop decides that he doesn't want to deal with dividing the $5, so he gives each of the men back $1, and keeps $2 for himself.

Therefor each of the men paid $9 for the room ($27) and the bellhop kept $2. That is $29.

The last dollar has disappeared.

Head Explodes

Solved:

The manager gives the bellhop 5 dollars.
manager: 25 bellhop: 5
The bellhop gives men 1 dollar each.
Men: 3 Bellhop: 2 Manager: 25
3+2+25=30.

At 11/20/08 06:40 PM, swordsman21 wrote: Here's one for you:

Three men go to a hotel on their way to a business trip. The manager only has one room available. He agrees to rent it to the men for $30. Each of the men pay him $10.

The manager later decides that he overcharged the men, so he gives $5 to a bellhop to return to the men. The bellhop decides that he doesn't want to deal with dividing the $5, so he gives each of the men back $1, and keeps $2 for himself.

Therefor each of the men paid $9 for the room ($27) and the bellhop kept $2. That is $29.

The last dollar has disappeared.

Head Explodes

Cant fucking believe I didn't see that. No riddles, only paradoxes. That is a riddle with and answer. A paradox is not a riddle.

without law and order, man can have no freedom

my professor told me that one

At 11/20/08 07:26 PM, All-American-Badass wrote: the below statement is true
the above statement is false

:( u stole mine

... a black being raciest to a white, and womens rights (lolollolol)

Two words:

Schrodinger's cat

I tell only lies.

At 11/20/08 07:53 PM, matbrat33 wrote:
Cant fucking believe I didn't see that. No riddles, only paradoxes. That is a riddle with and answer. A paradox is not a riddle.

It's not a riddle, it's a paradox because there are two correct ways to solve the problem that give different answers, a mathematic impossibility that is true. Thanks for having an open mind about it though, I'd hate to upset the rules of the thread you made on newgrounds that's so important. Just try not to use your tears as lubricant when you masturbate tonight, its just too sad.

At 11/20/08 10:05 PM, swordsman21 wrote:
It's not a riddle, it's a paradox because there are two correct ways to solve the problem that give different answers, a mathematic impossibility that is true. Thanks for having an open mind about it though, I'd hate to upset the rules of the thread you made on newgrounds that's so important. Just try not to use your tears as lubricant when you masturbate tonight, its just too sad.

Actually, it is a riddle. It only seems like a paradox because of a mathematical error that you're making.

After the first step the manager has $30, the bellhop has $0 and all 3 men have -$10 =$0
After the second step the manager has $25, the bellhop has $5 and the men still have -$10 =$0
After the third step the manager has $25, the bellhop has $2 and the men each have -$9 =$0

As you can see, the amount of money in the system has not changed. The reason for the error is that people realize that the total amount of money paid is $27 and then they add the $2 that the bellhop has to that to get $29 which is obviously an impossible and incorrect answer as no money has left or entered the system.

The problem lies in the fact that people do the calculation in the third step as if the manager still has $30 when in actual fact he only has $25 thus for the equation to balance the bellhop and the men should have -$25 between them, which they do, the men have -$27 and the bellhop has $2, but because people try and get the equation to equal $30 they add the $2 the bellhop has instead of subtracting it.

The one thing we learn from hystory is that we learn nothing at all

At 11/20/08 07:54 PM, JKMonkey wrote: without law and order, man can have no freedom

my professor told me that one

Heh, that's a good one.. sadly I have none that I can think of :c

At 11/20/08 06:40 PM, swordsman21 wrote: Here's one for you:

Three men go to a hotel on their way to a business trip. The manager only has one room available. He agrees to rent it to the men for $30. Each of the men pay him $10.

The manager later decides that he overcharged the men, so he gives $5 to a bellhop to return to the men. The bellhop decides that he doesn't want to deal with dividing the $5, so he gives each of the men back $1, and keeps $2 for himself.

Therefor each of the men paid $9 for the room ($27) and the bellhop kept $2. That is $29.

The last dollar has disappeared.

Head Explodes

The manager was giving them a $5 refund. That means they would've paid $25 total, but they got $1 each back meaning each paid $9 ($27 in total) and the bellhop kept $2 ($27-$2 = $25)

See it now?

Oh my GOD!

A bulimic that eats her own vomit...

At 11/20/08 04:48 PM, AlmostDead1 wrote: Can we have pictures?

Have something set up like that.

Pour water in.

Voila, you have a basic fountain

At 11/20/08 11:50 PM, RacistBassist wrote:

At 11/20/08 04:48 PM, AlmostDead1 wrote: Can we have pictures?

Have something set up like that.

Pour water in.

Voila, you have a basic fountain

Except that you wouldn't because it would be relying on perpetual motion to sustain itself.

A father that is his own son.
A mother that gave birth to herself.

At 11/21/08 12:04 AM, metalstorm wrote: Except that you wouldn't because it would be relying on perpetual motion to sustain itself.

No.

I'm god, I know these things

Rain comes from condensation from ponds and oceans, and ponds and oceans come from rain.

The existence of evil seems to be incompatible with the existence of an omnipotent and caring God.

At 11/21/08 12:12 AM, squidly wrote: Rain comes from condensation from ponds and oceans, and ponds and oceans come from rain.

And this is a paradox how? Water goes up as condensation and then falls back down as rain. What goes up must come down, It's really not a very hard concept. Also, it is an impossibility for a working system in nature to be a paradox.

At 11/21/08 12:15 AM, modestcasanova wrote: The existence of evil seems to be incompatible with the existence of an omnipotent and caring God.

God cares, he is just leaving us to do our own shit, and if he did interfere, we wouldn't have free will.

Take for example an old pet.

Just because you kill it doesn't mean you don't care

God cares, he is just leaving us to do our own shit, and if he did interfere, we wouldn't have free will.

Can an omnipotent God create a rock too heavy for him to lift?

At 11/21/08 12:23 AM, modestcasanova wrote:

God cares, he is just leaving us to do our own shit, and if he did interfere, we wouldn't have free will.

Can an omnipotent God create a rock too heavy for him to lift?

Yes he can. But if he wanted he could just make himself "strong" enough to lift it if he wanted.

At 11/21/08 12:15 AM, modestcasanova wrote: The existence of evil seems to be incompatible with the existence of an omnipotent and caring God.

God is considered to be good. Without evil, good would have no point of comparison and would thus be neutral therefore if god is good, evil must exist.

Thus the non-existence of evil is not compatible with a caring god.

At 11/21/08 12:25 AM, RacistBassist wrote:

At 11/21/08 12:23 AM, modestcasanova wrote:

God cares, he is just leaving us to do our own shit, and if he did interfere, we wouldn't have free will.

Can an omnipotent God create a rock too heavy for him to lift?

Yes he can. But if he wanted he could just make himself "strong" enough to lift it if he wanted.

If he can change it so that he can lift it, or can lift it at all, then he cannot create a rock that he is incapable of lifting, which contradicts omnipotence. Although if he cannot lift it at all, that also contradicts omnipotence.

The last one on evil was the Epicurean Paradox.

At 11/21/08 12:25 AM, RacistBassist wrote:

At 11/21/08 12:23 AM, modestcasanova wrote:

God cares, he is just leaving us to do our own shit, and if he did interfere, we wouldn't have free will.

Can an omnipotent God create a rock too heavy for him to lift?

Yes he can. But if he wanted he could just make himself "strong" enough to lift it if he wanted.

That means that the rock wouldn´t be heavy enough for him not tot be able to lift it.

At 11/21/08 12:30 AM, modestcasanova wrote: If he can change it so that he can lift it, or can lift it at all, then he cannot create a rock that he is incapable of lifting, which contradicts omnipotence. Although if he cannot lift it at all, that also contradicts omnipotence.

Lets say now I can't bench 250 IBs.

I workout so I can bench 250 IBs.

That doesn't mean I could always bench 250 IBs, and since there was a point I was never able to, that doesn't mean I can never bench 250 IBs

That doesn't mean I could always bench 250 IBs, and since there was a point I was never able to, that doesn't mean I can never bench 250 IBs

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word omnipotent.

At 11/21/08 12:40 AM, modestcasanova wrote:

That doesn't mean I could always bench 250 IBs, and since there was a point I was never able to, that doesn't mean I can never bench 250 IBs

I don't think you understand the meaning of the word omnipotent.

I am omnipotent bitch.

And omnipotent means all powerful.

That doesn't necessarily mean you can do everything