Apparently this reminder is needed.

It is a meme.

    • steventhedev@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      If the set of definitions contains the word set, does the English language implode in a recursive cascade of paradoxes?

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        11 months ago

        A set can totally contain itself. A better question would be: Consider a set, that contains all sets, that do not contain themself. Would that set contain itself?

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          11 months ago

          Yes, just relax the axiom of comprehension, allow U ∈ U and move on with proving things for fun and profit. No one said that you have to pick axioms that seem natural or intuitive.

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        11 months ago

        Define “the” without using the word “the”… Take that logic! Set and match!