Thursday, August 5, 2010

A barber shaves exactly those people in the town that don't shave themselves. Who shaves the barber?

I need help!!! I think I'm over thinking this question........


Write a paragraph on the logic in the statement.A barber shaves exactly those people in the town that don't shave themselves. Who shaves the barber?
The barber shaves only those people in the town who don't shave themselves. By ';in the town'; the population of people whom the barber shaves is limited to people in that geographic area. Since there is no indication that the barber is from that town, he could, when elsewhere, shave those who do or do not shave themselves. In that other place, he could also shave himself. Not all people who could shave do so. A person with a beard is not shaved by another, nor is he shaved by himself. Those facts leave open at least two answers to the question ';who shaves the barber.'; First, the barber does not live in the referenced town and so can either shave himself or be shaved by someone else in the town of his domicile. Second, the barber has a beard and is not shaved by anyone.





Congratulations, Zane! You've subtlety exposed my blindness to this gender issue. That's a tiny advance for me. Thanks.A barber shaves exactly those people in the town that don't shave themselves. Who shaves the barber?
Well the barber might do it himself Science he knows how to cut hair but he might get another barber to do it if he doesn't want to do it. cuz he doesn't want to mess up or sum.
Either another barber, or else nobody--- he has a beard!
the barber is a women. she doesn't have to shave.
The barber doesn't shave.