The assumption that anything true is knowable is the grandfather of paradoxes.

Are there any mythical beasts which aren't simple pastiches of nature? Centaurs, minotaurs, unicorns, griffons, chimeras, sphinxes, manticores, and the like don't speak well for the human imagination. None is as novel as a kangaroo or starfish.

A bit is worth 10,000 basis points.

There were many at Bell Labs and MIT who compared Shannon's insight to Einstein's. Others found that comparison unfair - unfair to Shannon.

Samuelson spotted a mistake in Bacheliers work. Bachelier's model had failed to consider that stock prices cannot fall below zero.

At a bare minimum, understanding entails being able to detect an internal contradiction: a paradox.

The assumption that anything true is knowable is the grandfather of paradoxes.