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Re: I just found teh best paradox ever

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CamaroCobra is not online. CamaroCobra
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23 Nov 2014 09:30 PM
So, this paradox states that...
Let's say you had a heap of sand. If you take away one grain of sand, it's still a heap, right? If so, then this logic must apply to any number of grains. Either Of which, you are left with two conclusions:
1. A heap can be composed of a single grain of sand
or
2. There is no such thing as a heap.
I know right, MIND BLOWN.


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CamaroCobra is not online. CamaroCobra
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23 Nov 2014 09:32 PM
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THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE *stabs*
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23 Nov 2014 09:34 PM
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THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE *stabs*
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CoffeeAddiction is not online. CoffeeAddiction
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23 Nov 2014 09:34 PM
how is it a paradox when its just applying to what we made, not logic itself made?
in reality, there are no names for anything, it's just something us humans have made to understand what things are
soo
this is not a paradox
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Dwarlon is not online. Dwarlon
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23 Nov 2014 09:36 PM
Technically, a "heap" is usually used to refer to many; IE more than one. Thus being said, 1 grain of sand cannot be a heap; it is merely the reminiscence of one.
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CamaroCobra is not online. CamaroCobra
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23 Nov 2014 09:37 PM
*sigh* just read it again...
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CoffeeAddiction is not online. CoffeeAddiction
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23 Nov 2014 09:37 PM
in simple terms:
we made the name "heap of sand" to describe a formation of sand
without us humans, it is still a formation of sand, just not a "heap of sand" so to speak
this is because we created the term so we could establish names for items
this "paradox" you see is not applying to logic, it is applying to a name, therefore it is not a paradox
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Dwarlon is not online. Dwarlon
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23 Nov 2014 09:39 PM
Technically, a "heap" is usually used to refer to many; IE more than one. Thus being said, 1 grain of sand cannot be a heap; it is merely the reminiscence of one.

Let us pretend our heap has 5000 grains.

By taking away a grain of sand, you do not actually have the same heap you had before; you have a fraction of that heap, or 4999/5000 of a heap. Therefore, after we remove multiple grains, we end up with 1/5000 of the heap, or 1 grain.
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23 Nov 2014 09:39 PM
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