learningtofly said:

OKAY IT CANNOT B SOLVD U GUYZ

The first rule is that the barber shaves all those who don't shave themselves. So, if the barber doesn't shave himself, then he must shave himself

BUT the barber cannot shave those who shave themselves. so, if the barber shaves himself, he cannot shave himself

EDIT: the rules he lives by are extremely arbitrary and pointless

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the bizzle said:

well if you want to get fancy...


The barber paradox asks us to consider the following situation:

In a village, the barber shaves everyone who does not shave himself, but no one else.

The question that prompts the paradox is this:
Who shaves the barber?

No matter how we try to answer this question, we get into trouble.

If we say that the barber shaves himself, then we get into trouble. The barber shaves only those who do not shave themselves, so if he shaves himself then he doesn't shave himself, which is self-contradictory.

If we say that the barber does not shave himself, then problems also arise. The barber shaves everyone who does not shave himself, so if he doesn't shave himself then he shaves himself, which is again absurd.

Even if we try to get clever, saying that the barber is a woman, we do not evade the paradox. If the barber is a woman, then she either shaves herself (and so is one of the people not shaved by the barber), or does not shave herself (and so is one of the people shaved by the barber).

Both cases, then, are impossible; the barber can neither shave himself nor not shave himself. The question ?Who shaves the barber?? is unanswerable.

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manrig said:

how about my answer village man

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2Cents said:

But in all seriousness no one shaves the barber. Simple.

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2Cents said:

He is the victem a horrible fire and can nt grow hair.
P.s. Also he is gay.

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iamu said:

I dont see anywhere in the riddle where it says anyone else cant shave the barber

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