by sevie2 January 7, 2010
Get the Paideia School mug.The Poe Paradox is a corollary to Poe's Law. It states that:
"In any fundamentalist group where Poe's Law applies, a paradox exists where any new person (or idea) sufficiently fundamentalist to be accepted by the group, is likely to be so ridiculous that they risk being rejected as a parodist (or parody)."
The term was first used by RationalWiki editor The Lay Scientist to describe an apparent paradox in the management of editing rights at Conservapedia:
"In any fundamentalist group where Poe's Law applies, a paradox exists where any new person (or idea) sufficiently fundamentalist to be accepted by the group, is likely to be so ridiculous that they risk being rejected as a parodist (or parody)."
The term was first used by RationalWiki editor The Lay Scientist to describe an apparent paradox in the management of editing rights at Conservapedia:
A poe paradox: any new member of the Conservapedia project who's not as Conservative as them is liable to be chucked out. However, any new member who is as Conservative as them is in serious danger of being called a parodist, and chucked out.
by chris12467 August 17, 2008
Get the Poe Paradox mug."I did nothing to ensure I was going to pass this test. I should have failed. Another instance of Detweiler's Paradox in action."
by @gabek December 22, 2008
Get the Detweiler's Paradox mug.Somewhat like a Mindfuck. Paradoxes are usually used as an example for the impossible or that god exists. Such as with every negative will come a positive.
If there is Anti-Matter, how can there be matter?
If there is Anti-Matter, how can there be matter?
The girl died of , but thanks to the research done by the scientists based on her case, they were able to save the lives of many others.
You prevent your mother from creating yourself with your dad. But as a result, you wouldn't exist, therefore you couldn't do it in the first place. It's essentially an endless cycle.
These are examples of a paradox.
You prevent your mother from creating yourself with your dad. But as a result, you wouldn't exist, therefore you couldn't do it in the first place. It's essentially an endless cycle.
These are examples of a paradox.
by NiteFish March 8, 2009
Get the Paradox mug.Getting head, whilst doing something extremely nerdy. Causing the spectrum of extremely nerdy and extremely cool to collide. This usually causes a small black hole in the general area where the paradox head took place.
Getting Paradox Head while playing World of Warcraft, Halo, Call of Duty, Dungeons and Dragons, etc...
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