On: Descartes's Stove

[actionfromafar]

I could use an explanation of the last one.

[ses1984 → actionfromafar]

It’s a combination of Russel’s paradox, and the joke about a clown named pagliacci.

Russel’s paradox is: there’s a barber in town who only shaves men who don’t shave themselves. Does he shave himself?

[animaomnium → actionfromafar]

"but bertrand... I am pagliacci"

Induction: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/induction-problem/

[xandrius → animaomnium]

Do you expect someone to read all that or is there a particular passages that would explain the joke?

[animaomnium → xandrius]

You could read the whole thing but it would be quicker to infer that if I need to explain the joke,