In a certain small town, there is a barber named Bill. Since Bill is the only barber in the town, he decides that he will shave all the town's residents who do not shave themselves, but (obviously) not the ones who do.

If Bill follows this rule, will he shave himself or not?

"residents who shave themselves" this implies that there are people who shave regularly and people who never shave. perhaps bill never shaves so by shaving himself he is not in fact shaving someone who shaves themselves. This possibly means that the whole process of mass shaving could only happen once if the law is to be followed!

Posted by ben on 2003-12-10 20:24:32