[MD] Intellectual Level

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Mary]
> The fact that there are unsolvable paradoxes should be telling us that the
> explanation upon which they rest is invalid. Is that so hard to see?

[Arlo]
> And I wonder how long its going to take some to realize that "paradox" is an
> inherent feature of symbolic systems (since all representations of "reality"
> must contain themselves).
 
[Ham]
> Existence is a paradox because of the contradictions it exhibits. 

I (surprise!) demur.
1) We don't know of any "unsolvable paradoxes", only paradoxes which haven't yet been solved.
2) Self-reference may be an inherent feature of symbolic systems, but that does not imply that paradox is.
3) Existence cannot exhibit contradictions.  Existence can only exhibit truths & truths cannot be 
contradictory.
Craig