This is something that has dumbfounded me for some time. I assume that I am misunderstanding something, and would like if someone could set me straight. The paradox is what/how are melting pots made. As I understand it, each type of mineral has a specific melting point at which it becomes liquid or molten. In order to reach this point, it must be heated. In order to heat it, it must be contained in an object that has a higher melting point than the mineral within it. Otherwise, the container (melting pot) would melt along with it’s contents. The issue is that in order for the melting pot to be created, it too had to be heated to its melting point so that it could be shaped/molded. Thus begins the infinite regress of melting pots made out of materials with ascending melting points.