Paradox reaction - Do you prefer options 1, 2 or 3?
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Hey guys, I thought I would post this idea I had called the **Paradox reaction**. Here's the idea:<br><br>> **Paradox Reaction**: Whenever you hear an apparent paradox, your mind can react in three ways:<br>><br>> 1. **Reflex**: A paradox is when you're **rational** and you need to **break free**, so your mind will **reflexively reaction** reaction to a paradox by giving an answer that is not necessarily rational.<br>><br>> 2. **Surrender**: A paradox is when you're **rational** and you need to **break free**, so your mind will **surrender** and just go along with the paradox.<br>><br>> 3. **Change**: A paradox is when you're **rational** and you need to **break free**, so your mind will **change** and find a new understanding.<br>><br>> This is like the **Fight, Flight or Freeze** reaction, but for paradoxes.<br><br>Here is an example of how this might play out with the **Twin reactionParadox**, where a twin is zooming past the speed of light at at 90% of the speed of light (c) and is looking at his twin standing on the ground who is measuring his speed as 90% c:<br><br>* **Reflex** reaction: The man on the ground is moving at 90% of the speed of light. He is looking at the twin in space who is moving at 90% of the speed of light. This means that the man in space is moving at 180% of the speed of light. This is faster than light so is not possible. <br>* **Surrender** reaction: The man on the ground is moving at 90% of the speed of light. He is looking at the twin in space who is moving at 90% of the speed of light. The speed of light is always constant and always the same, and the laws of physics are always the same everywhere in the universe and for any man in motion.<br>* **Change** reaction: The man on the ground is at rest. He is looking at the twin in space who is moving at 90% of the speed of light. In space, the twin is at rest. He is looking at the twin on the ground who is moving at 90% of the speed of light. Both men are at rest and both men are at 90% of the speed of light.<br><br>So, which is your reaction? Do you:<br><br>1. **Reflexively** try to work out the answer by adding the two speeds together?<br>2. **Surrender** your understanding and just accept that the laws of physics are always the same everywhere in the universe?<br>3. **Change** your understanding of space and time and pretend that both men are at rest?
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