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Errors (Posted on 2002-10-21) Difficulty: 1 of 5
There is three errors in thise riddle.

What are they?

  Submitted by levik    
Rating: 3.9474 (19 votes)
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The expected answer is:
  • There is... (Should be "There are")
  • ...thise riddle. (Should be "this riddle")
  • There are really only two errors.
However, this being perplexus, we have to look a bit deeper. As soon as you admit that the third error exists, it stops being an error.

If the riddle only has two errors, then saying that it has three errors is clearly wrong. Therefore, there is a total of three errors. However if that's the case, then the error on the third line is not an error at all, and the problem really only has two errors.

This sort of cirtcular logic should lend this problem in the Paradoxes category, as it's very similar to the statement that claims to be false.

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  Subject Author Date
Puzzle ThoughtsK Sengupta2023-07-14 00:02:24
and the third error is...whome?2005-01-30 16:40:09
No Subjectsarahbeth2004-11-16 01:23:35
alternate solutionBilly Bob2004-04-02 17:35:14
I thought I had itmichelle2003-11-11 19:01:44
No SubjectDave Cheetham2003-08-17 13:42:51
the REAL answer :)Frank K2003-08-01 15:32:29
maybe?????dorkdork2003-07-29 08:15:44
SolutionMore of a Paradox than a RiddleLewis2003-07-12 01:21:50
Here:DJ2003-05-17 00:16:14
answerethan2003-05-16 16:32:32
ParadoxesTim Axoy2003-04-13 05:27:36
Solutioni knew the answer.......Ravi Raja2003-03-01 05:32:41
re: Not too hard...Ravi Raja2003-03-01 05:30:35
re: Ther ARE three errors (sort of)Ravi Raja2003-03-01 05:29:14
re: I'm pretty sure i know.Ravi Raja2003-03-01 05:27:20
re: WAIT~~Ravi Raja2003-03-01 05:24:14
re: Hm...Ravi Raja2003-03-01 05:23:52
re: AnswerRavi Raja2003-03-01 05:17:18
re: On the face of it...Ravi Raja2003-03-01 05:13:08
re(2): Heh!Ravi Raja2003-03-01 05:07:29
re: Heh!Ravi Raja2003-03-01 05:02:47
re: hmm..Ravi Raja2003-03-01 04:59:42
re: ErrorsRavi Raja2003-03-01 04:55:26
re: SolutionRavi Raja2003-03-01 04:46:41
re: On the second thoughtRavi Raja2003-03-01 04:43:37
Not too hard...Bedhed2003-01-09 12:42:04
I'm pretty sure i know.Alan2003-01-04 13:31:35
Ther ARE three errors (sort of)Josh Myer2002-11-15 05:00:45
Some ThoughtsWAIT~~suna2002-11-12 09:40:11
SolutionHm...suna2002-11-12 09:38:34
SolutionAnswerMegan2002-10-25 09:42:05
On the face of it...D. D. Lloyd2002-10-21 09:42:45
re: Heh!levik2002-10-21 04:59:14
Heh!Nick Reed2002-10-21 04:26:48
hmm..Cheradenine2002-10-21 04:20:23
Errorsyiannis2002-10-21 03:27:21
SolutionShawn Stokes2002-10-21 02:54:18
Some ThoughtsOn the second thoughtlevik2002-10-21 01:58:45
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