ForumsThe TavernIf anythingspossible, would it be possible for something to be impossible?

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Evilfishy111
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Hmm....I was just thinking this the other day, and I thought, wouldnt it be contradicting itself though? If anythings possible, than that must mean anything is impossible...strange.

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Heres my rant.

[b]SOME THINGS ARE IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS NOT TRUE THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIFT A MOUNTAIN WITH YOUR BARE HANDS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EAT AN ENTIRE TREE IN THIRTY SECONDS. SEE?

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[b]SOME THINGS ARE IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS NOT TRUE THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO LIFT A MOUNTAIN WITH YOUR BARE HANDS. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO EAT AN ENTIRE TREE IN THIRTY SECONDS. SEE?

Funny how the title says "if" and not "So".
We are not talking reality, we are talking an imaginary situation.

Here goes my rant: If anything is possible, it is possible for anything to be impossible, so nothing is possible, while, at the same time, being possible. At the same time, it's not possible, so this question is both a koanic question and a parodoxical at the same time. But if it is possible for a human to fly without equipment, it is also not possible, almost meaning that only a select few human beings would have certain abilities while also not having the said ability. If this answer dosen't satisfy you, read it again. Because that is one thing that is possible. Or is it?

And a contestant appears!
raptorzillaminecraft
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if any thing is possible it would be possible for something to be impossible but there would be the possiblity for the word impossible to be wiped from exsitence because anything would be possible

MetalHeart
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Every thing is possible you know why ?
Because in the historic,the people dreamed to go to places without walking then they invented a car,plane,boat ...
And people who dreamed to go to the moon so they created a rocket

hokzwijn
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Its a paradox just like:

This sentence is false.

psychoraven
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Its a paradox just like:

This sentence is false.


or like what would happen if Pinocchio said my nose will now grow.

On a second though Napoleon (the french one!) once said that impossible is not in the french dictionary...
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come on, impossibility will sometimes be a possibility, but not always. Plus, impossibility could just have impossible odds as in 1 to infinity, or have odds that were imaginary numbers like 1 to 36i so it would still be possible, but not real.

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Nomad

this is confusing but yes its possible

phsyco123
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Nomad

this is confusing but yes its possible

phsyco123
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Nomad

this is confusing but yes its possible

AtDiDuDe
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Blacksmith

nothing is impossible but something's are unachievable

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