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SUMMARY:A Talk on Paradoxes - Hang Wang\, Churchill College
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CONTACT:Matthew Ireland
DESCRIPTION:Many of us\, as computer scientists\, love puzzles\, but somet
 imes we run into paradoxes. Broadly speaking\, a paradox is any statement 
 that is unexpected. Some paradoxes appear to be absurd but are actually tr
 ue\; some others\, such as Russell's paradox\, may lead to self-contradict
 ory results and challenge our naïve understanding. \n\nIn this talk I sha
 ll start by presenting some famous paradoxes\, followed by a brief discuss
 ion of the general categorization of paradoxes. I shall then focus on “s
 elf-referential” paradoxes\, examine their underlying similarities and t
 heir significance\, and finish with a discussion how they might be solved.
LOCATION:Wolfson Hall\, Churchill College
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