Milo, you have found a potential mathematical paradox.

However, even so this cannot be a paradox.


Why, you ask?




Let's look at the English Language.

Grammatical rules of this language dictate that a double-negative is equal to a positive statement, thereby rendering any negative effects null, and turning the sentence in its entirely into its original intended opposite (at least to those making the error as opposed to doing it on purpose, which is called sarcasm, and irony).




"I can not not go to the store" = "I can go to the store."

-(x) * -(x) = -(1)-(1)(x)(x) = 1(x)(x) = x * x = x^2




This equation, therefore, is NOT a paradox, but is a true statement, however in a more subtle form.




I rest my case.