If a person say "I always lie" are they telling the truth?

Question

If a person say "I always lie" are they telling the truth?

Answer 1

no because if they do always lie they would say i never lie!

Answer 2

There is no way of telling. A liar may occasionally speak the truth and a truthful person can occasionally lie.

Answer 3

It's the liar paradox.  I'm of the opinion that it's neither true nor false; it has no meaning.  He might as well have said 'I nirblig voog'.

Answer 4

Thats the easiest example for a "paradox"!  get it?

Answer 5

Not unless that is the only thing they ever say.

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That would be the truth, it would be impossible to talk for any length of time and not tell some truth.

Answer 6

Most people aren't tied to such strict rules that they aren't allowed to make generalizations.  A person can say they "always lie" and mean it because we understand the accepted usage of that statement.  If what they are saying is meant as a logic puzzle, then I have no clue and they hurt my head, Ow.

Answer 7

yeah i guess