You live in a village with only one male hairdresser. He only cuts those who do not cut their own hair. The question arises: who cuts the hairdresser himself?
Mortimerian Tales - Bob Mortimer on Would I Lie to You? - Part 1
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Answer 1
January, 2021"He only cuts those who do not cut themselves." There is a condition - a certain percentage of people in the village do their own haircuts, without the help of a hairdresser. So why can't our hero do this too? Conclusion - the village barber cuts himself.
Answer 2
January, 2021Is this the barber's paradox? When I tried to find the answer to this question, the following solutions came to my mind: 1) He does not have a haircut. He walks with long hair.
2) He is bald and does not need a haircut.
3) There is at least one more person in the village who meets the criteria above, who cuts the hairdresser.
Answer 3
January, 2021In this version of the task, the paradox is lost. Then the answer is anyone. For example, one of the colleagues working in the same village)
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