# Causality

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 13, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178 "2008-08-13T13:27:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![ShiftDead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shiftdead/32/7508_2.png) [@ShiftDead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShiftDead)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/1 "2008-08-13T13:27:47Z")

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The sentence below is true.  
The sentence above is false.

Discuss.

I cant go on break at work until I can explain it.

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**Author:** ![Treads4Heads](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/treads4heads/32/7416_2.png) [@Treads4Heads](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Treads4Heads)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/2 "2008-08-13T13:33:17Z")

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wat

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**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 1:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/3 "2008-08-13T13:36:01Z")

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Just a paradox, no big deal. There are millions of different types in the world, most commonly in print.

My favorite written paradox is “Everything in moderation.” If you did everything in the world with moderation, you’d also use moderation in moderation, which would make the word “everything” false.

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**Author:** ![Tevenor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@Tevenor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tevenor)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/4 "2008-08-13T14:18:31Z")

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If truth does not exist, the statement “truth does not exist” is a truth, thereby proving itself incorrect.

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**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/5 "2008-08-13T14:51:32Z")

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^ That just blew my fucking mind.

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**Author:** ![BREETIME](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/breetime/32/5214_2.png) [@BREETIME](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BREETIME)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/6 "2008-08-13T14:56:42Z")

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> [@Paulo](#):
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> ^ That just blew my fucking mind.

i actually lol’d

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**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/7 "2008-08-13T15:28:27Z")

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What is the big deal? They are both false.

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**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/8 "2008-08-13T15:32:12Z")

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this is what you get when english teachers divide by zero.

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/9 "2008-08-13T15:37:09Z")

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> [@walter](#):
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> What is the big deal? They are both false.

:squint:

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**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/10 "2008-08-13T15:39:36Z")

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The past is caused by the present.

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**Author:** ![TORQDSS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/torqdss/32/5125_2.png) [@TORQDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TORQDSS)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/11 "2008-08-13T16:34:05Z")

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if I keep reading this thread I think my brain will explode…

how about this one: “Sales Consultant”

wtf?

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**Author:** ![98\_FoRmUlA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/41988e/32.png) [@98\_FoRmUlA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/98_FoRmUlA)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/causality/53178/12 "2008-08-13T16:46:43Z")

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true or false…

this sentence is false?

fail?