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* Logical Paradox CASIT Wang Huiyong 2013.11.15 * Part 1: What is a paradox In China, the idiom “自相矛盾” may be the best description for a paradox. * This is an example usually called the best paradox in history found on the internet. * Part 2: Some Famous Paradoxes 1、The Pythagoras paradox Let’s consider a square of length 1. Can we express its diagonal as a ratio of two integers? * 2、The barber’s paradox Then another one asked the barber: Will you shave for yourself? A barber once declared: I will shave and only shave for all those people who don’t shave for themselves. BertrandRusse