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Russell's paradoxPosted by RocketMan on January 21, 2003 at 16:58:05:
Anyone heard of Russell's paradox. I recently encountered this "set theory" contradiction and am having trouble processing it. I've studied Venn diagrams in my high school Finite class and some algebra/geometry in first year but that's about it. I don't understand how some sets cannot be members of themselves, or for that matter why some sets are members of themselves. What exactly does that mean anyway? Can anyone explain the paradox in lay? Follow Ups: (Reload page to see most recent)
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