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Before the big bang there was a tribe of Smurfs floating around in non-space
alcaray — (archived)

But it is not provable. So that must mean it is true.

I think that in the case of G**del his use of the word "provable" probably includes "disprovable" as well. And it is not true that you must accept the truth of something that is neither provable nor disprovable. It is just an assertion. [Also, it may turn out that it is incorrect that something claimed to be unprovable can never be proved. Unless you can provide a proof of its unprovability.]

I'm also not much impressed with the "All Cretans are liars" paradox. I can shout "all WASPS are liars" all day long and the only paradox would be why I would want to demonstrate to people what a liar I was.

I like Bart Simpson's paradox better: "You're damned if you do. And you're damned if you don't."

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