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Question: A town only has one barber (he is male). The barber only shaves all of the people who do not shave themselves.

So who shaves the barber?

Answer: It's a paradox, if he shaves himself then the second sentence would be false because he only shaves those who do not shave themselves. If he does not shave himself, then according to the second statement he must shave himself.

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By: Bandanaman on 26/6/14

The problem with this is that it is a classic paradox. As seen in the second sentence, if he didn't shave, he wouldn't shave himself, and therefore be one of the ALL people that don't shave themselves, and so the barber (himself) MUST shave him, but then he (the barber) couldn't shave himself.
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By: gandalf on 27/6/14

This is very true, and has been changed.
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