This riddle presents a classic paradox known as the "false paradox." Let's break it down: If you say, "What I tell you is a lie," and you're telling the truth, that means that what you say is, in fact, a lie. However, if everything you say is a lie, then the statement "everything I tell you is a lie" must itself be a lie. This creates a contradiction because if the statement is a lie, then everything you say cannot be a lie On the other hand, if you are lying when you say, "Everything I tell you is a lie," then that means that not everything you say is a lie, which again creates a contradiction does So, the answer is that the statement creates a contradiction It cannot be consistently true or false