List: Scientific paradoxes

Clue: A Self-referential Paradox - Many documents contain pages on which the text "This page is intentionally left blank" is printed, thereby making the page not blank.
Answer: Intentionally blank page
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Clue: A Self-referential Paradox - Similar to the liar paradox, but makes the self-reference less apparent by using an infinite number of sentences.
Answer: Yablo s paradox
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Clue: A Self-referential Paradox - "It is opposite day today."
Answer: Opposite Day
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Clue: A Self-referential Paradox - A law student agrees to pay his teacher after winning his first case. The teacher then sues the student (who has not yet won a case) for payment.
Answer: Paradox of the Court
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Clue: A Self-referential Paradox - "Practice moderation in all things. Including moderation."
Answer: Petronius s Paradox
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Clue: A Self-referential Paradox - "Yields a falsehood when appended to its own quotation" yields a falsehood when appended to its own quotation.
Answer: Quine s paradox
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Clue: A Self-referential Paradox - We appear to be able to use simple English to define a decimal expansion in a way that is self-contradictory.
Answer: Richard s paradox
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Clue: A Self-referential Paradox - "I know that I know nothing at all."
Answer: Socratic paradox
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Clue: A Vagueness paradox - models or simulations that explain the workings of complex systems are seemingly impossible to construct
Answer: Bonini s paradox
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Clue: A Vagueness paradox - how can a language both enable communication and block communication?
Answer: Code Talker Paradox
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Clue: A Vagueness paradox - One grain of sand is not a heap.
Answer: Sorites paradox
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Clue: A Mathematical Paradox - Some systems of apportioning representation can have unintuitive results due to rounding
Answer: Apportionment paradox
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