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The Paradoxes of Life

Aperture | February 21, 2026

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  1. @titofmoss404

    February 21, 2026 at 12:32 am

    Whatever an individual thinks is an advantage puts him at a disadvantage for other people, what people think is an advantage for an individual is a disadvantage for the people vice versa

  2. @breaksky8117

    February 21, 2026 at 12:32 am

    your math is wrong. You shouldn't start with 365, you should have started with 1/365 + 1/365 +1/365. imagine labeling a person from 1 to 100. there are there are 10 people in the room. you said then we would have 50% chance , but no. there's only 10% chance. ur example was 30 out of 365. i had an even smaller example. you are wrong.

  3. @mihaip90

    February 21, 2026 at 12:32 am

    Yeah so about the birthday paradox. It's true that there is over 50% chance for two RANDOM people in a room of 23 will share a birthday. However it doesn't apply in your example at the coffee shop. It doesn't apply because you were wondering if someone else has the same birthday with the little girl. So the math formula changes.

  4. @pedro12357

    February 21, 2026 at 12:32 am

    The surprise exam thing got me thinking… It would obviously not be a surprise on Friday, but something must be logically wrong in the path to the conclusion that the exam could never be surprising, so after doing a few laps around the living room, this is what I got to:
    The Friday exam is only unsurprising AFTER Thursday ends with no exam. Until that point it is a real surprising possibility, and so you cannot use the fact that a Friday exam wouldn't be surprising at the time it is given to conclude in advance that it cannot be given on Thursday, and so on. Ergo, from Monday through Thursday, the exam would be a surprise.

  5. @andrewwagner8939

    February 21, 2026 at 12:32 am

    Opposite Day from SpongeBob paradox:
    1. If you say it’s Opposite Day on Opposite Day, it can’t be Opposite Day
    2. If you say it’s not Opposite Day, no one would believe it’s Opposite Day

  6. @vadenlow5953

    February 21, 2026 at 12:32 am

    The problem in the starbucks example of the birthday paradox is that we have already selected one specific birthday, and we're asking if anyone else in the room has THAT birthday, not if two OTHER people in the room have the same birthdays

  7. @darkknight7545

    February 21, 2026 at 12:32 am

    Causal loop could also be from Bill and Ted (if you’re old enough or just have seen it)… Rufus never introduced himself, but Bill and Ted came back to their past selves or at this point their current selves and immediately said “RUFUS!!” and that’s how they learned his name… but how did they know the name in the first place???

  8. @kaielvin

    February 21, 2026 at 12:32 am

    Many of the paradoxes are mistaken. The pinocchio one is clearly not, even if you thought it was smart at first. The birthday one is for 2 people sharing a birthday any day of the year, not specifically today. Several of your stories fell apart that way, careful.

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