The paradox:

The Pinocchio Paradox arises when Pinocchio says: "My nose grows now", and is a version of the liar paradox. In philosophy and logic, the liar paradox consists of the statement "This sentence is false." Any attempts to assign a classical binary truth value to this statement leads to a contradiction, or paradox. This occurs because if the statement "This sentence is false" is true, then it is false; this would mean that it is technically true, but also that it is false, and so on ad infinitum.


The present tense of the same sentence "My nose is growing now" or "My nose grows", appears to provide a better opportunity to generate the Liar paradox

The sentence "My nose grows" could be either true or false.

Assume the sentence: "My nose grows now" is true:

Which means that Pinocchio's nose grows now because he truthfully says it is, but then
Pinocchio's nose does not grow now because according to the novel it grows only as Pinocchio lies, but then .../
Pinocchio's nose grows now because Pinocchio's nose does not grow now, and Pinocchio trustfully says it grows now, and it is false, that makes Pinocchio's sentence to be false, but then .../
Pinocchio's nose does not grow now because Pinocchio's nose grows now, and Pinocchio trustfully says it grows now, and it is true that makes Pinocchio's sentence to be true, but then .../
And so on .../ (ad infinitum).

Assume the sentence: "My nose grows now" is false:

Which means that Pinocchio's nose does not grow now because he falsely says it is, but then .../
Pinocchio's nose grows now because according to the novel it grows only as Pinocchio lies, but then .../
Pinocchio's nose does not grow now because Pinocchio's nose grows now, and Pinocchio falsely says it grows now, and it is false that makes Pinocchio's sentence to be true, but then .../
Pinocchio's nose grows now because Pinocchio's nose does not grow now, and Pinocchio falsely says it grows now, and it is true, that makes Pinocchio's sentence to be false, but then .../
And so on .../ (ad infinitum).

Well if there was a possibility for a paradox to be created then Pinocchio could shatter time and space creating a loophole, which would cause everything to cease existing.

The Pinocchio paradox has nothing to do with Pinocchio being a known liar. If Pinocchio is to say: "I am getting sick", then, it could be either true or false, but Pinocchio's sentence "My nose grows now" can be neither truth nor fallacy hence this and only this sentence creates the Pinocchio's Liar paradox.

OMG, this is cool, I'm just mind f*****

I found this from a friend.

Yes, paradoxes are very cool, because they challenge you to find an answer to a dilemma, however the answers are completely juxtaposed upon each other. In short clearly one answer has to be right and one has to be wrong, but neither of which are necessarily wrong or right.

Life works is much the same way, Good/Bad; Right/Wrong; Truth/Lie - just by hearing the words you already have an idea of what they mean. Throughout life we create a reality of what is good or bad, and separate the two.. We are told of what is right and that which is wrong, and separate the two..That which we know to be true and that which we have been taught to ignore because it is a lie and of course separate the two ...

Slowly but surely we have already created a construct called reality. Many people live in a reality that is black and white. There is white and there is black and then there is the difference between the two.

Take all the people from all the lands, their beliefs of what is right/wrong or good/bad and it is all a paradox. Wars have been fought between people and nations alike; one side believes their fight and their cause is true and good and just - well the other side feels the exact same way. Show me the answer to the paradox.. One side must be true, the other must be false; one side must be good the other must be bad. The answers each side holds are completely juxtaposed upon each other. One answer has to be right and one has to be wrong, but neither of which are necessarily wrong or right...

My brain just exploded

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