What's in a Paradox???

Was recently reading about Paradoxes on Wikipedia (Yea Wiki-ing is a favorite pass time of mine, but y was I doin it…. Well dat I’ll answer l8r). Now after reading a bit, I found it to be a very fascinating topic, not exactly light reading; but engaging for sure. Though some of the paradoxes stated there are truly mind-boggling, the rest are a bit comic (ended up laughing out loud while reading… not summing u’d expect when reading about theoretical philosophy). By the end I was getting a severe headache (Where was d coffee when I really needed it) and I realized one thing: We mere mortals weren’t meant to understand such abstract concepts; such thought should be left to the great philosophers and to a lesser extent, the scientists.

Now here are a few paradoxes u mite njoy…

Everyone has heard about “Epimenides paradox”. OK you mabbe dunno it by that name; but it goes summing like this: An Indian saying “All Indian’s are liars”. This is similar to the line “This sentence is false”. (Told ya u knew about it.. n u din believe me, did u???)

Now there is what is called the “Paradox of the court”. Simply stated (OK its Not all dat simply stated [:p], apologies), a professor of law bets a student that when the student wins his first law case, he will pay the professor a fee. Next the professor himself sues the student. So consider this from the professors’ side: If the student wins the case, then according to the original bet, he must pay the professor; and if the professor wins, then according to courts decision he again should be paid by the student. But from the students’ side: If the student wins the case, then by courts decision he doesn’t need to pay the professor, and if the professor won, then according to the original bet, the student still hasn’t won a court case and shouldn’t pay the professor anything.

WOW. Next time I make a bet; I’ll be sure to apply this logic, then I’ll neva lose [:D]. Beware people

There is also the Birthday paradox, in a group of randomly chosen people, the probability of two people sharing the same birth date is surprisingly high (No dun blame dis on population explosion or global warming … haha). Now there are dozens more such Contradictions, but I know I’ve bored u enuf so will stop here. Well juz have left 1 question unresolved….

Now u may ask what boredom drove me to read such a nigh unconceivable topic. Well it all starts with a night out at a friend’s place. We were watching a movie called 21 about a group of student who learn the ‘art’ of Card Counting and dupe casinos of thousands. (Ohh how I wish I could do dat… he he Vegas here I come). Neways during the movie, the famous “Monty Hall Problem/Paradox” was stated. Now dis is a bit tedious to explain, so wun do it here, it u are interested then please Wiki [:P]. Well so I started reading about it after I reached home, and wouldn’t u know it; spent around 2 hours reading it.

Well until next time… keep Wiki-ing… who knows u juz mite read sumin u like [:)]

Bloody Terrorists

What is it with India and Terrorism? They share the relation of a streetlight luring insects in the night (these insects are blood sucking gnats or the like). Each and every terrorist cell out to prove its mettle makes it to the big league by blowing up a coupla bombs here and killing a few dozen people. Case in point... who ever heard of the "Indian Mujahideen" before the Jaipur blasts?

Now no matter how much you criticize Bush (But god am i happy that hes outta office soon :)) for his invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan you have to agree with the fact that there have been no subsequent attacks on the US after 9/11. Now im not saying that we should invade Pakistan or suming (im all for World Peace... woohooo), but our stance should definitely be more aggressive. Sometimes flexing your muscles does deter those pesky wannabes (Yes i did just liken Terrorists to wannabes). The Gandhian philosophy of Satyagraha is not gonna work here (and just for the record i dun think it worked back in 1947 either).

N what exactly are these attacks supposed to accomplish other then murder? Yes India has a population problem, but killing off our people is not how we wanna deal with it. I really dunno what problems the “Jihadis” have with India, and frankly i dont care. Its our country and what we do shouldnt be their business. Jai Hind!!!

Becoz of Global Warming

On my recent trip to Matheran (I’ll elaborate on this trip later, if I get time), me n my friends came up with a truly original theory. Now this theory is prolly a result of the fact that our brains are devoted to inane matters most of the time, and due the utter boredom that ensues some magnificently weird ideas sometimes pop into our heads. Now you can think of this as a central characteristic of the blog. And as u might have guessed digressions are another characteristic.
OK now back to what im supposed to be rambling on about.....

What we discovered is that the answer to all problems, all vices, all troubles can be traced back to one common source. This antecedent lies at the kernel of all that is wrong with the world. What is this venom... this poison that’s infected our planet u ask??

I’ll put an end to the suspense (which the title to this post has already killed)…. its GLOBAL WARMING. Yes, i mean "the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century, and its projected continuation." (As defined by Wikipedia)

Dont be so surprised, think about it for a bit...

Whats the cause of World Hunger.... no not Politics, its Global Warming
Whats causing mass extinction... Deforestation u say?? WRONG its Global Warming
Whats causing the oil crisis... yes u guessed it... Global Warming
Who stole the cookie from the cookie Jar... Global warming

Yes, you are now beginning to understand our views, aren't you? When u think about it, the logic is actually sound. So if there’s a problem for which you have no cause, blame Global Warming.

Well my job here is done; I have spread awareness on this matter. The rest is now up to you…..

PS: This entire post was complete non-sense, n if you truly believe this, for lack of a more apt word, this gibberish then … well Good for you. I’m sure you will win the Nobel Prize soon :)