You're Hurting my Brain

Logic Level 3

Is the following statement a paradox?

I Speak Fluent Sarcasm

(Note: The question is stated assuming that as fluent in sarcasm, you will always speak sarcasm and vice versa)

Read the title! No. Yes.

Jay Singh by Jay Singh , 18, USA

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Jay Singh
Aug 8, 2016

If you speak fluent sarcasm, then that statement will be sarcasm so you won't speak sarcasm. But then that statement will not be sarcasm and then you will speak fluent sarcasm. Hence, it is a paradox. Please tell me if you beg to differ. - Thank You

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He can lie?

Tran Hieu - 4 years, 10 months ago

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Yes he can

Jay Singh - 4 years, 10 months ago

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Then his statement could be a lie, and then there isn't any paradox

Tran Hieu - 4 years, 10 months ago

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@Tran Hieu – What I meant by lie is that he is speaking sarcasm, making the statement false, but then he tells the truth and that statement is true, making him speak sarcasm.

Jay Singh - 4 years, 10 months ago

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@Jay Singh – Sarcasm isn't necessarily lying--it's a whole art form by itself. Irony isn't necessarily a untruth. If I say, "I Speak Fluent Humor", that isn't a paradox, even if I should only speak with humor, in the same way it isn't a paradox to say, "I Speak Fluent French".

As an example of sarcasm that isn't an falsehood, I could remark, "Yeah, I can understand why you would title this problem, 'You're hurting my brain'".

Michael Mendrin - 4 years, 10 months ago

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@Michael Mendrin – Yeah, I guess so. ~(:........:)~

Jay Singh - 4 years, 10 months ago

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