List of paradoxes
Miscellaneous
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== Miscellaneous == |
== Miscellaneous == |
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[[File:AEC blank page.png|thumb|This[[intentionally blank page]], by stating it is blank, is paradoxically not blank]] |
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* {{Bl|Air conditioning paradox}}: Air conditioning is used to cool buildings, but also makes the world hotter as a side effect. |
* {{Bl|Air conditioning paradox}}: Air conditioning is used to cool buildings, but also makes the world hotter as a side effect. |
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* {{bl|Bonini's paradox}}: Models or simulations that explain the workings of complex systems are seemingly impossible to construct. As a model of a complex system becomes more complete, it becomes less understandable; for it to be more understandable it must be less complete and therefore less accurate. When the model becomes accurate, it is just as difficult to understand as the real-world processes it represents. |
* {{bl|Bonini's paradox}}: Models or simulations that explain the workings of complex systems are seemingly impossible to construct. As a model of a complex system becomes more complete, it becomes less understandable; for it to be more understandable it must be less complete and therefore less accurate. When the model becomes accurate, it is just as difficult to understand as the real-world processes it represents. |
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