{"id":205205,"date":"2025-02-02T02:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T08:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/ranking-paradoxes-from-least-to-most-paradoxical"},"modified":"2025-02-02T02:09:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T08:09:44","slug":"ranking-paradoxes-from-least-to-most-paradoxical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/ranking-paradoxes-from-least-to-most-paradoxical","title":{"rendered":"Ranking Paradoxes, From Least to Most Paradoxical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1vJsWKg2o1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Some paradoxes are mind blowing and others are\u2026 not. But why? Here are 24 paradoxes, ranked from least to most paradoxical by my former students.<\/p>\n<p>Support the channel:<br \/> Patreon: \/ chalktalkmath.<\/p>\n<p>Timestamps:<br \/> 0:00 Intro.<br \/> 1:39 Veridical Paradoxes.<br \/> 4:14 Philosophy and Science.<br \/> 9:51 (More) Veridical Paradoxes.<br \/> 12:45 Infinity is Weird.<br \/> 16:56 Self-referential Paradoxes.<br \/> 18:50 Miscellaneous Paradoxes.<br \/> 21:59 The Top Three.<br \/> 24:31 Patreon Announcement.<\/p>\n<p>References.<\/p>\n<p>Banach-Tarski Paradox (YouTube video): \u2022 The Banach\u2013Tarski Paradox.<br \/> Birthday Paradox (fun news article): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20\">https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20<\/a>\u2026 Paradox (the calculation): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nku.edu\/~christensen\/birt\">https:\/\/www.nku.edu\/~christensen\/birt<\/a>\u2026 Braess\u2019 Paradox (blog): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murky.org\/blog\/2020-7\/bra\">https:\/\/www.murky.org\/blog\/2020-7\/bra<\/a>\u2026 Gabriel\u2019s Wedding Cake: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matharticles.com\/ma\/ma044\">https:\/\/www.matharticles.com\/ma\/ma044<\/a>\u2026 Liar Paradox: <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/li\">https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/li<\/a>\u2026 Monty Hall Problem (YouTube video): <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 The Monty Hall Problem Paradox of the Heap: <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/so\">https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/so<\/a>\u2026 Ross-Littlewood Paradox (YouTube video): <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 Stochastic Supertasks | Infinite Series Ship of Theseus (YouTube video with other versions): <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 PHILOSOPHY \u2014 Metaphysics: Ship of The\u2026 Simpson\u2019s Paradox (YouTube video): <img alt=\"\" class=\"\"> \u2022 Simpson\u2019s Paradox Simpson\u2019s Paradox (research article): <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2005.07180\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2005.07180<\/a> St Petersburg (the calculation): <a href=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/SaintPe\">https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/SaintPe<\/a>\u2026 Zeno\u2019s Paradoxes: <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/pa\">https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/pa<\/a>\u2026 _______________ Created by Kelsey Houston-Edwards Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelseyhoustonedwards.com\">https:\/\/www.kelseyhoustonedwards.com<\/a>.<br \/> Birthday Paradox (the calculation): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nku.edu\/~christensen\/birt\">https:\/\/www.nku.edu\/~christensen\/birt<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Braess\u2019 Paradox (blog): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.murky.org\/blog\/2020-7\/bra\">https:\/\/www.murky.org\/blog\/2020-7\/bra<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Gabriel\u2019s Wedding Cake: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matharticles.com\/ma\/ma044\">https:\/\/www.matharticles.com\/ma\/ma044<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Liar Paradox: <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/li\">https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/li<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Monty Hall Problem (YouTube video): \u2022 The Monty Hall Problem.<br \/> Paradox of the Heap: <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/so\">https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/so<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Ross-Littlewood Paradox (YouTube video): \u2022 Stochastic Supertasks | Infinite Series.<br \/> Ship of Theseus (YouTube video with other versions): \u2022 PHILOSOPHY \u2014 Metaphysics: Ship of The\u2026<br \/> Simpson\u2019s Paradox (YouTube video): \u2022 Simpson\u2019s Paradox.<br \/> Simpson\u2019s Paradox (research article): <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2005.07180\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2005.07180<\/a><br \/> St Petersburg (the calculation): <a href=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/SaintPe\">https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/SaintPe<\/a>\u2026<br \/> Zeno\u2019s Paradoxes: <a href=\"https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/pa\">https:\/\/plato.stanford.edu\/entries\/pa<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Created by Kelsey Houston-Edwards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/ranking-paradoxes-from-least-to-most-paradoxical\">Continue reading \u201cRanking Paradoxes, From Least to Most Paradoxical\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some paradoxes are mind blowing and others are\u2026 not. But why? Here are 24 paradoxes, ranked from least to most paradoxical by my former students. Support the channel: Patreon: \/ chalktalkmath. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro. 1:39 Veridical Paradoxes. 4:14 Philosophy and Science. 9:51 (More) Veridical Paradoxes. 12:45 Infinity is Weird. 16:56 Self-referential Paradoxes. 18:50 Miscellaneous Paradoxes. 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