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The stability–instability paradox is an international relations theory regarding the effect of nuclear weapons and mutually assured destruction.It states that when two countries each have nuclear weapons, the probability of a direct war between them greatly decreases, but the probability of minor or indirect conflicts between them increases.
Stability–instability paradox: When two countries each have nuclear weapons, the probability of a direct war between them greatly decreases, but the probability of minor or indirect conflicts between them increases.
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As evidence for the central role played by institutional stability, it has been shown that the amount of foreign direct investment a country receives is highly correlated to the strength of infrastructure and the stability of government in that country. [5] In many cases in Armenia, the Lucas paradox is confirmed․
A paradox is a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to one's expectation. [1] [2] It is a statement that, ...
Physicists have long known that some solutions to the theory of general relativity contain closed timelike curves—for example the Gödel metric.Novikov discussed the possibility of closed timelike curves (CTCs) in books he wrote in 1975 and 1983, [1] offering the opinion that only self-consistent trips back in time would be permitted. [2]
Spaceship paradox or rocket paradox could refer to: Bell's spaceship paradox , a relativistic paradox Pendulum rocket fallacy , a simple mechanical paradox relating to rocket stability
Zeno devised these paradoxes to support his teacher Parmenides's philosophy of monism, which posits that despite our sensory experiences, reality is singular and unchanging. The paradoxes famously challenge the notions of plurality (the existence of many things), motion, space, and time by suggesting they lead to logical contradictions.