Stamets@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agoFor real though. Tough to get through.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareEatYouWell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoFun fact, the word ‘set’ has 430 definitions.
minus-squaresteventhedev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoIf the set of definitions contains the word set, does the English language implode in a recursive cascade of paradoxes?
minus-squarebort@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoA set can totally contain itself. A better question would be: Consider a set, that contains all sets, that do not contain themself. Would that set contain itself?
Fun fact, the word ‘set’ has 430 definitions.
That’s quite a set of definitions
If the set of definitions contains the word set, does the English language implode in a recursive cascade of paradoxes?
A set can totally contain itself. A better question would be: Consider a set, that contains all sets, that do not contain themself. Would that set contain itself?