The barber paradox

[Derpykat5]

"A barber only shaves those who do not shave themselves, so does he shave himself?"

Where do these smart stout lines keep coming from? I swear there's a new one every time I play.

[RaindropperinG]

I'm with you on that.

Heard this exact voice line for the first time yesterday night, while having a few pints with a friend.

I have no idea whether it's always been there or if it was recently added but, by Karl, it was a welcomed surprise that put a smile on me dwarven face.

P.S: " Did ye know that tomatoes are actually berries ? "

[GIRL]

"I'm going to ask my barber where he gets his haircut, and keep moving up the chain until I find the ultimate barber in the world." -Some funny Tumblr post I saw

[PhellAsleep]

I believe the premise of two barbers shaving each other is the solution to a riddle about which barber you would pick to shave or give a haircut to you. I assume it would be applicable here too.

[Craig]

I can give myself a very clean edgeup, trim my sides and clean up the top without looking like a crazy person. However, I cannot cut the back of my head at all and like to have a nice fade, so I go to the barber.

If I can do all that myself I am sure a trained barber can as well. The issue is do you want a Greatclips/$10 equivalent DIY haircut... or do you want a genuine haircut?

Yes if you go to chain stores like Sports/Super/Greatclips you are getting mediocre/bad haircuts.

[Landor]

Ah the Barber Paradox, I actually know a bit about it. It's used in formal logic and a few other things, and you can use it as an example of proof by contradiction.

The Barber is the one who shaves those and only those who do not shave themselves, and this results in two possibilities:

• The Barber shaves himself, but the barber cannot shave himself as he only shaves those who do not shave themselves, if he shaves himself, he is no longer the barber.
  
• The Barber does not shave himself, but if he doesn't shave himself, then he is in the group shaved by the barber, so he must shave himself.

The barber cannot both shave and not shave himself, while still being the barber, so the scenario is impossible, a contradiction.

Answers such as "the barber is shaved by another barber" or "the barber has a medical condition that means they don't need to shave" miss the point of the paradox, it's a theoretical scenario that is logically impossible because it contradicts itself.

[Chibbity]

Reminds me of a local saying lol.

"How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?"

[Адамска]

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Reminds me of a local saying lol.

"How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?"

It would chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could, if a wood chuck could chuck wood

[DJDiceZ]

Originally posted by Adam:

Originally posted by Chibbity:

Reminds me of a local saying lol.

"How much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?"

It would chuck as much wood as a wood chuck could, if a wood chuck could chuck wood

Much wood, would chuck a wood chuck, if chuck wood a wood chuck could.

[Chainlink]

Last time I got a haircut was when my mum forced me to 15 years ago.

[Craig]

Originally posted by Chainlink:

Last time I got a haircut was when my mum forced me to 15 years ago.

Your hair must be very long

[Addison1024]

Originally posted by A Cardboard Box:

"I'm going to ask my barber where he gets his haircut, and keep moving up the chain until I find the ultimate barber in the world." -Some funny Tumblr post I saw

but where does that barber have his hair cut?

[Craig]

Originally posted by Addison1024:

Originally posted by A Cardboard Box:

"I'm going to ask my barber where he gets his haircut, and keep moving up the chain until I find the ultimate barber in the world." -Some funny Tumblr post I saw

but where does that barber have his hair cut?

At the shop duh

[Addison1024]

Originally posted by Craig:

Originally posted by Addison1024:

but where does that barber have his hair cut?

At the shop duh

i am officially confused now, not because of something you said but because my brain is stuck in a feedback loop trying to work this out

[ShugoTheRipper]

This statement is false.