Paradox of entailment: Inconsistent premises always make an argument valid.
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There is one winning ticket in a large lottery. It is reasonable to believe of a particular lottery ticket that it is not the winning ticket, since the probability that it is the winner is so very small. But it is obviously not reasonable to believe that no lottery ticket will win.
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A list of paradoxes
❖Crocodile Dilemma ❖Drinker paradox ❖Lottery paradox ❖Unexpected hanging paradox
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If a crocodile
steals a child
and promises its return
God being with thee when we know it not.
--- William Wordsworth
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We may outline the initial and surface conflict, which is that the speaker is filled with worship, while his female companion does not seem to be. The paradox, discovered by the poem's end, is that the girl is more full of worship than the speaker precisely because she is always consumed with sympathy for nature and not - as is the speaker - in tune with nature while immersed in it.