NBA paradox references the paradoxical notion that any disparity in a organization's racial composition is the result of systemic racism and/or discriminatory practices. This is the underlying justification for affirmative action and selective, race-based scholarships, grants ect.. An example would be: Because there are proportionally less African American Neurosurgeons than White Neurosurgeons, there must be some form of discrimination preventing African Americans from becoming Neurosurgeons, and to correct this injustice, we should target and support recruiting-efforts for African American Neurosurgeons. The paradox is to look at organizations that are disproportionately African American, such as the NBA. No one believes that discrimination prevents Whites from playing in the NBA, and most conclude that the disparity is due to African Americans having greater skill in this area. But accepting this idea is to also accept that disparities across race can be due to legitimate differences in skill, which are race-dependent. This conflicts with the dogma described above and is a paradox. This paradox is also sometimes used to reference the fact that most of those calling for change in racial-disparities through the active discrimination of other races, are usually serving their own race or will not be affected by the discrimination.
The NBA paradox tells us why constantly trying to socially-correct racial disparities can lead to real discrimination.
by Logical_ID August 21, 2018
Get the NBA paradoxmug. A theory that states that the more stupid a person is, the more intelligent they are likely to think they are. This is caused by their incredibly narrow perspective of the world making them think that they know a hell of a lot. For someone to understand that they are stupid requires a certain kind of enlightenment - that they know relatively little - that is unavailable to stupid people.
Therefore, it is impossible for a truly stupid person to be able to admit that they are stupid.
Therefore, it is impossible for a truly stupid person to be able to admit that they are stupid.
Did you read that book he just wrote? It's too bad the Idiot Paradox won't allow him to realize that it'd be better suited as a toilet paper dispenser.
by Mat Findlay May 26, 2009
Get the Idiot Paradoxmug. Spamming itself may be defined as the abuse of electronic messaging systems, cybernetic or otherwise (including junk faxing, for example), for the purpose of sending unsolicited bulk messages. In order for spamming to succeed, a disproportionately large quantity must be delivered successfully to its recipients, or there will be an insignificant return. Unfortunately for the spammer, it is exactly that large quantity that renders any individual piece of spam less effective: the moment a large enough number of the same piece of spam is sent, the message becomes identifiable as spam by anti-spamware, forcing the spammer to start from scratch with a new spam tactic. This is the so-called "spammer's paradox".
Good example: the mass E-mailing of online pharmacy advertising created a spammer's paradox in many large corporations because it only took two instances of the same spam reported to their IT departments for the spamblocker immediately to delete the rest.
by ticotoo December 28, 2008
Get the spammer's paradoxmug. When you hookup at a girl's place and she has a used condom wrapper next to her bed. You not totally sure she a thot because you know she uses condoms, but with that logic you would conclude that every girl who did not have an empty condom wrapper next to their bed was a total hoe.
Yo I banged this girl last night, no wrapper next to the bed; she's either total freak or my future wife...damn that L Paradox
by scottygang June 13, 2018
Get the L Paradoxmug. When every posting for a job in a given field requires several years of experience, making it impossible to get a job in that field unless you already have one.
Even Applebee's won't hire a bartender who hasn't worked somewhere else for at least 2 years. This is an impenetrable unemployability paradox!
by nivekious July 28, 2012
Get the unemployability paradoxmug. In temporal mechanics,the Dali paradox is a temporal fissure which slows the passage of time to a gradual halt. It is also known as the "melting clock effect." (VOY: "Relativity")
This paradox was apparently named after Salvador Dali's famous painting "Persistence of Memory".
This paradox was apparently named after Salvador Dali's famous painting "Persistence of Memory".
the Dali paradox is a temporal fissure which slows the passage of time to a gradual halt also known as The melting clock affect
by David Johnston January 7, 2007
Get the dali paradoxmug. When change is asked for an element and then the element is changed too much, so the individuals who originally requested change are now complaining and want to go back.
When Black Ops 2 came out people wanted something different, when Advanced Warfare came out, people wanted to go back, classic example of The Cod Paradox...
by ANASPAN March 26, 2017
Get the The COD Paradoxmug.