1.11.9 Russell's Paradox: Video

MIT 6.042J Mathematics for Computer Science, Spring 2015
Instructor: Albert R. Meyer

License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

[mslvc]

set theory is the topic that we all thought was dry when we were 17, but when we were 20 we thought it was the coolest dark math

[movieguy]

This really is off subject, but the URL for this video says "glue."

[l.w.paradis]

Why does he call it "self-application, " exactly? I'd call it self-reference, where the self-reference defines the entity itself. I'm referring to the vicious circle principle, and I hope someone comments on this, because it is a genuine question. I'm not understanding this, or saying it exactly correctly, I think.