DanielLC comments on Rationality Quotes Thread February 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 06 February 2015 07:58:38AM 2 points [-]

The paradox arises only if you aren't hypocritical about anything else.

Comment author: dxu 07 February 2015 01:49:41AM *  0 points [-]

Hence why Russell's paradox makes reference to the set of all sets that do not contain themselves, rather than just some sets that don't contain themselves.

(Now, of course, mathematicians don't use naive set theory anymore, but ZFC, which solves the problem.)