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: '''Mathematical resolution:'''  Let S be the set of all acceptable entries.  I wonder if Tim is suggesting that S should not include an entry that could be a set containing itself.  In other words, is Tim saying that S should include all things A that are not elements of themselves?
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: <math>S=\{A\mid A\not\in A\}.</math>
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: I am compelled to ask Tim this: can his proposed set of all acceptable entries be an element of itself?  I'm afraid Tim's proposed limit on what constitutes an entry may lead to a self-contradiction.  See [[Russell's Paradox]]. --[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 20:14, 5 January 2007 (EST)
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