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What is a 'Cretan paradox'?

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1) Cretans always lie 2) I am a Cretan p.s. should you believe my answer???

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The Cretan paradox is a logical puzzle that arises when a person from Crete says, "All Cretans are liars." If the statement is true, then the speaker must be lying, which creates a contradiction. This paradox plays on the idea of self-referential statements and their implications.

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