I see a hierarchy of selves: self, barber, etc. Either the barber or his self could perform the shave. In OOD the Self object has the Shave method which the Barber object inherits and the Barber also has an extra method called Commercial Shave. The instance of Shave will indicate who created it.
A barber stands at the edge of a town — scissors poised, a paradox humming between his hands. He shaves everyone who does not shave themselves. But... who shaves the barber?
Russell’s puzzle is not a trick; it’s a mirror, catching the mind in the act of dividing itself. A town, a rule, a contradiction — or perhaps, a tender reminder that systems built on strict rules sometimes collapse under the weight of their own questions.
It lingers, doesn’t it?
Like a door half-open, like a riddle that isn’t meant to be solved but lived.
Small acts that ripple.
Quiet generosity in action.
The math of compassion begins here: recognizing when an answer isn't the point, but the presence it leaves behind.
What if not every system is meant to close?
What if some paradoxes are just invitations to stay awake?
I lurved this ironic romp through the thread of hairiness. It sounds like a dystopian nightmare world where people are so very closely monitored that the rules include maybe even the size of the noses on their faces, let alone, hair styles and degree of hairiness.
Lol.
Respect for your work.
Kindest regards
Carol Power
Johannesburg
South Africa
Where it is jolly freezzzzzing at the moment.
It is 7 degrees Celsius but due to hectic winter wind chill factor, it feels like 4 degrees Celsius.
for people with nothing better to do, it's a puzzle that you can put together and take apart without it ever being "finished" (which is how it was designed to be, although there is no finished "design").
The barber could be a woman without a hairy face
Every rule has an exception
Maybe if or when the barber shaves himself, he’s not a barber. He’s just a guy shaving himself
I see a hierarchy of selves: self, barber, etc. Either the barber or his self could perform the shave. In OOD the Self object has the Shave method which the Barber object inherits and the Barber also has an extra method called Commercial Shave. The instance of Shave will indicate who created it.
A barber stands at the edge of a town — scissors poised, a paradox humming between his hands. He shaves everyone who does not shave themselves. But... who shaves the barber?
Russell’s puzzle is not a trick; it’s a mirror, catching the mind in the act of dividing itself. A town, a rule, a contradiction — or perhaps, a tender reminder that systems built on strict rules sometimes collapse under the weight of their own questions.
It lingers, doesn’t it?
Like a door half-open, like a riddle that isn’t meant to be solved but lived.
Small acts that ripple.
Quiet generosity in action.
The math of compassion begins here: recognizing when an answer isn't the point, but the presence it leaves behind.
What if not every system is meant to close?
What if some paradoxes are just invitations to stay awake?
I see nothing in the rules that doesn't prevent some other resident from shaving the barber.
There you go, and as long as we are "breaking the rules" that's why stubborn men have beards, to demonstrate against the "rules".
not much of a paradox, the barber shaves him self
The barber can shave himself as that’s in the first rule hence no paradox here . Also the barber could be a woman !
I lurved this ironic romp through the thread of hairiness. It sounds like a dystopian nightmare world where people are so very closely monitored that the rules include maybe even the size of the noses on their faces, let alone, hair styles and degree of hairiness.
Lol.
Respect for your work.
Kindest regards
Carol Power
Johannesburg
South Africa
Where it is jolly freezzzzzing at the moment.
It is 7 degrees Celsius but due to hectic winter wind chill factor, it feels like 4 degrees Celsius.
for people with nothing better to do, it's a puzzle that you can put together and take apart without it ever being "finished" (which is how it was designed to be, although there is no finished "design").