Ephimenides & Doctor House

Doctor Gregory House, played by Hugh Laurie, has several key concepts that dictate his practice, his demeanor, and ultimately his general philosophy of everything. But one thing he constantly says (usually in obtaining patient history) is : "Everyone lies".

In looking at some of Hofstadter's concepts of strange loops, one that echoes precisely what House is saying was infamously uttered in ancient Greece. The Cretan Ephimenides once said : "All Cretans are liars." But in the subject of strange loops we must remember that Ephimenides is a Cretan, and therefore he is also saying "I am a liar." Hofstadter points out that this also means "This statement is false."

So House lies (which is typical of him to get his way). But he also makes false statements (he typically is wrong about twenty times before he is finally right). Ontologically House is Holmes. Strange.

But then again, if he lies, then is the statement "everyone lies" false? If that was so then everyone tells the truth. If everyone tells the truth then House would never say "everyone lies". Or, if he did then the statement would be true, and therefore false. It is like superposition in metaphors, and therefore superposition and entanglement in conceptual du(re)ality. In that case, all reality is in one position, transparent, and that one position of transparency (i.e. two or more bodies occupying the same space independently) is everywhere... and infinite everywhere is one place.

So the mind of House is a superposition conceptual metaphor in the confines of infinite singularity. Way to go Hugh.