Scientific Paradoxes
Peto's Paradox - Large animals like elephants should have much higher cancer rates (more cells = more chances for can...
Efficient Market Paradox - If markets are perfectly efficient, there's no point analyzing stocks. But if nobody analyzes, marke...
Tolerance Paradox - A tolerant society must be intolerant of intolerance, otherwise the intolerant will destroy toleranc...
Algol Paradox - In binary star systems, the less massive star appears older, contradicting stellar evolution....
GZK Paradox - Cosmic rays with energies exceeding theoretical limits have been detected....
Paradox of Youth - Young stars exist near the galactic center where star formation should be impossible....
Bentley's Paradox - In Newtonian gravity, an infinite uniform universe would collapse to a single point....
Observer Effect Paradox - The act of measurement changes what is being measured....
Air Conditioning Paradox - Cooling buildings contributes to heating the planet....
Boltzmann Brain - Random quantum fluctuation creating a brain is more likely than ordered universe evolution....
Levinthal's Paradox - Proteins fold in milliseconds despite astronomical number of possible configurations....
C-Value Paradox - Genome size doesn't correlate with organism complexity - an onion has more DNA than humans....
Gray's Paradox - Dolphins achieve high speeds with seemingly insufficient muscle power....
Plankton Paradox - Many phytoplankton species coexist despite competing for same resources (violates competitive exclus...
Pesticide Paradox - Pesticide use can actually increase pest populations by killing natural predators....
Enrichment Paradox - Adding nutrients to an ecosystem can cause species extinction....
Hormesis Paradox - Small doses of toxins can be beneficial while larger doses are harmful....
Lek Paradox - Female mate choice should erode genetic variance, yet it persists....
Lombard's Paradox - Hamstrings and quadriceps contract simultaneously during squats....
Glucose Paradox - Liver stores more glycogen than can be explained by glucose uptake....