liar paradox theme
The statement of a liar who states that they are lying: for instance, declaring that "I am lying" or "everything I say is false". If they are indeed lying, they are telling the truth, which means they are lying and so on ad infinitum.
Examples
Captain Kirk bested the android Norman by skillfully wielding this dangerous piece of otherwise abstract mathematics in tos2x12 "I, Mudd".
1 total · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tos2x12 | minor | Kirk used the liar paradox to put the android Norman in an infinite loop. |