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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

huh

isn't this just Russell's paradox

wikipedia

if I recall correctly Russell's Paradox was how ZFC set theory became the standard set theory

[โ€“] TempermentalAnomaly 5 points 1 week ago

ZF handles it. The C adds the axiom of choice. But ZF is enough for dealing with the Russel paradox. Oddly enough, Zermelo, the Z in ZF, published the Russel paradox a year before Russel.