Surprisingly a large number of people don't even spot the paradox, you are on the way to becoming a monkey genius if you can spot the paradox!
Also have a go at the cube puzzle Link to cube or the Square and Rectangle puzzle or the Missing Man
This following image isn't a paradox, but for those of you who aren't engineers or work with crafts, then this may even appear a paradox. The question is:
how do you seperate the top part from the bottom part?
Square
And
Rectangle
The area of the square shown below is 8 x 8 = 64.
The square is cut in the four parts A, B, C, and D, which are
rearranged into the rectangle shown below. This rectangle has an area of
13 x 5 = 65.
![[8x8 Square]](srsquare.gif)
![[13x5 Rectangle]](srrect.gif)
The Question:
How can you explain the difference in area?
Missing
Man
Look at the figure below, which shows fifteen men.
The figure is subdivided into three areas (upper left, upper right, and the bottom half).
By exchanging the upper two parts of the figure, one gets the
figure below. This new figure however only shows fourteen men! (If you don't belief
what happened here: please print it, cut it, and try it out yourself!)
The Question:
Where did the missing man go?