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People taking this article way to seriously. It is a humorous story about a rigorous analysis of problem that makes false but naively intuitive assumptions to m
by judk 11y ago
People taking this article way to seriously. It is a humorous story about a rigorous analysis of problem that makes false but naively intuitive assumptions to misprove a contradiction. The point is (1) the rigorous analysis is possible and (2) the assumptions are incorrect -- English does not have consistent pronunciation rules.