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LESSON 2 · Paradoxes That Break Your Brain

PAUSE TO THINK

When did the unexpected hanging paradox first appear in print?

1948, in the journal Mind

Philosopher D. J. O'Connor published the first written version in 1948, framing it as a surprise wartime blackout. The puzzle itself had been circulating by word of mouth for a few years before that.

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