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Title: Chi-Chi's Riddle Of The Day!
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Cecelia Ferrari - July 17, 2007 03:51 PM (GMT)
YAY and Finn is on now too so he can't cry lol.

A man walks up to you and says - "everything I say to you is a lie."
Is he telling you the truth or is he lying? And explain why in detail.

Finnigan Tatupu - July 17, 2007 04:00 PM (GMT)
He is lying.

If you assume that he is telling the truth, the statement, "Everything I say to you is a lie," would be true. But, the statement indicates that he is telling a lie. So, he is being truthful about lying.

If you assume that he's lying the statement, "Everything I say to you is a lie," is a lie. This is a better answer because it isn't a paradox. If this statement is a lie, it can be interpreted to mean some of what I tell you is a lie.

That's why he is lying.

Tyrin Yates - July 17, 2007 04:26 PM (GMT)
Confusing to say the least. But Finn is right. The man is lying.

Why I hear you ask? - Basically what Finn said.

If the man was telling the truth then the statement is in fact a lie. He would be contradicting himself. He is lying because everything he "says" (in the present tense) is infact the truth, thus the statement is a lie.

Hard to explain, Finn almost lost me, I think my version is poor. I hope Chi Chi can explain this more clearly.

((Riddle of the day is a great game by the way))

Cecelia Ferrari - July 18, 2007 10:26 PM (GMT)
Finn is the winner! And here is why:

He said that EVERYTHING he says is a lie, and yet when he is saying is the truth. What he SHOULD have said is "Sometimes I lie" :)




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