The Barber Paradox

Suppose there is a town with just one male barber, and that every man in town keeps himself clean-shaven; some by shaving themselves, and some by attending the barber.
The barber in this town obeys the following rule; A male barber shaves all and only those men who do not shave themselves.

Does the barber shave himself ?

 

No, he's shaved by the female barber.

 

whats it matter, we are all going to die anyways..
This sentence is (a contradiction) .. p>q "if p then q"..

logically the barber is probably Gay,,,,, : Okay, I don't want to know nothing. I never saw you throw that gentleman off the balcony. All I care about is: are you happy with your haircut?

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Nobody said anything about there being a female barber in this town.

 

he goes to the next town over to get a shave from that town's barber?

 

Is the barber a boy that doesn't need to shave yet?

 

The barbers rule that he shaves all and only those men who do not shave themselves applies to the men in this town, there are no other towns mentioned or women barbers or boy barbers, just the one barber in the one town.

 

-If the barber does not shave himself, he must abide by his rule and shave himself

-If he does shave himself, than according to his rule he will not shave himself

 

He is unable to grow a beard.

 

If:

Then;

Maybe he's of select native american or asian descent?

Or he just has my wannabe facial hair?

 

Why would he shave when he looks like this!

 

All of the men in the town keep themselves clean shaven(implying that they all have facial hair) ,and the barber is a man in the town.

 

The barber's name is Michael Finnegan
When he grows whiskers on his chin again
The wind comes up and blows them in again.

 

He:

1. Waxes
2. Uses lazer hair removal
3. Uses Veet

instead.

 

If they use the barber not everyone keeps themselves clean shaven.

 

woah.

 

OP, you ever gonna tell us the answer?

 

... Oh my god.

 

It is a paradox, not a riddle I think. It is supposed to be a logical contradiction of terms, like being a married bachelor.

Its just posted so people will post futile answers by trying to ignore the boundaries of the paradox in hopes of "out smarting" the paradox.

And it has done just that :sunny:

 

oh, i see