If Pinocchio said 'My nose is about to grow' what would happen?

[Black_Apalachi]

This is a serious question. I just saw someone say it on Facebook and I thought it was amazing. Think of it was a philosophical debate .

Just to refresh the minds of those who may have been deprived of Disney magic for some time, P) Pinocchio is a puppet boy whose nose grows longer whenever he tells a lie. So the question I have is; If Pinocchio said; 'My nose is about to grow', what would happen?

I have some thoughts but I'll just throw the question out there for now and see what you make of it .

[Blinger1]

It depends if he just told a lie or was about to tell a lie really.

[Black_Apalachi]

All he said was 'My nose is about to grow' .

[Blinger1]

Mhm and after that? Is he going to lie or not. I guess it also depends on the context.

[Black_Apalachi]

You don't half twist things! Everything else is irrelevant - once he says the words, my nose is about to grow, what will happen? Will his nose grow or not?

[Blinger1]

it depends on the situation!! Is he talking to someone at the time or is he just just saying it to himself out loud?

[Black_Apalachi]

If you think it makes a difference, discuss it either way.

[Blinger1]

of course it makes a difference. If he is about to tell a lie then it clearly won't grow because he isn't lieing, but if he was not about to lie then it would.

[Glitter]

what?!!?!
technically it should grow cause he just told a lie because it isn't gonna grow but then if it does grow he was telling the truth therefore it should't have grown and then he'd still be telling a lie so it would have to grow but that would just mess everything up!!

i reckon all the excitement would just set him on fire.

[Black_Apalachi]

Yay Amber understands the issue! Exactly haha - it has no reason to grow, but by claiming it was about to grow he told a lie. But if it is a lie, it should grow... but if it grows, that makes his original statement a truth! Basically it's a paradox .

However if you take his statement as a prediction rather than a fact, then you can think of it as a hypothesis. As a hypothesis is scientific, it can't be regarded as a lie. So if you look at it like this, his nose would not grow.