paradox
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The installation presents a paradox by being a Hollywood idea that is completely un-Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
It feels then something like that classic philosophical paradox of an immovable object encountering an unstoppable force: logically impossible because the existence of one precludes the other.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
So what’s causing this paradox between the macro outlook and the market performance?
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
Chemotherapy brought the first meaningful progress against leukemia, but it also exposed a defining paradox of cancer care.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
It’s a bit like the old paradox: can God make a stone so heavy that he can’t lift it?
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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