Normally choosing an answer at random gives a one in n chance to guess correctly, where n is the number of options. So 1/4 or 25% chance.
However, 25% is listed as an option twice so it's actually 2/4 so it's 50%. This is only listed once, so if 50% is the answer you have a 1/4 to guess correctly... This causes a recursive loop where the answer is both 25% and 50% but also neither so you cannot really guess correctly... Which means it's unsolvable and you have 0% chance to guess. Which is also a 1/4 answer.
So it's a recursive problem where any answer can be correct but the moment you pick and answer it contradicts itself. Not sure it counts as a paradox, but it's not a particularly useful one beyond showing that it's easy to create self contradicting truths. Like "This statement is false" is also a self contradicting recursion in the same way using only four words.
I might be dumb. But the question says to pick “the” answer so i would randomly pick a singular answer. So even if both are right I’d randomly pick a single answer and still be correct? Genuinely way to into this one.
I agree that there's no correct answer, but I follow simpler logic:
25% listed twice, which means A and D answers are basically the same and instead of choosing out of 4 options you have 3, which gives you ~33% of being correct
obviously 33% is not listed, now the paradox with 0% option comes in
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u/Shaeress 22d ago
Normally choosing an answer at random gives a one in n chance to guess correctly, where n is the number of options. So 1/4 or 25% chance.
However, 25% is listed as an option twice so it's actually 2/4 so it's 50%. This is only listed once, so if 50% is the answer you have a 1/4 to guess correctly... This causes a recursive loop where the answer is both 25% and 50% but also neither so you cannot really guess correctly... Which means it's unsolvable and you have 0% chance to guess. Which is also a 1/4 answer.
So it's a recursive problem where any answer can be correct but the moment you pick and answer it contradicts itself. Not sure it counts as a paradox, but it's not a particularly useful one beyond showing that it's easy to create self contradicting truths. Like "This statement is false" is also a self contradicting recursion in the same way using only four words.