Is this a question?

This paradox questions (no pun intended) our assumptions about words.

The title is the paradox itself.

Is this a question?

I once heard that this was a question on a philosophy exam at a very famous English university.

Apparently the accepted answer was “Only if this is the answer.”

The answer is open to interpretation.

The Answer

Everything has three simultaneous possibilities regardless of what words are used.

“Only if this is the answer” is intended as a singular statement and therefore it cannot be a truly accurate representation of three possible potentials.

Words are relative and as such they will always be subject to three simultaneous potentials in the same way that everything else is.

The answer to the question “Is this a question?” is that there is the possibility for three simultaneous answers.

1. This is a question.

2. This is not a question.

3. This is neutral.

Simultaneously.

Am I wrong?

I simultaneously oppose, agree with, and neutralise all criticism ad infinitum.

There is no point creating a theory of everything that doesn’t work.