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"A square foot of tea displaces a square foot art." Not only is that true, but it's provable, as readers of our Presumptive Conundrums will testify. Our illustration is from Harper's, 1922. |
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Our favorite Finnish electronic band, Déclassé, offers a "you do the math" moment: One phone call
thirteen numbers
still a million miles away.
We love the sentiment that working through a lot of digits to make an international call somehow ought to subtract from the distance. The paradox arises from considering space and "long distance minutes" as separate entities. Ultimately, as with Zeno's puzzles, solving the mathematical issues does not solve every issue the paradox raises. |
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INSTRUCTIONS: Click on the puzzle image below to reveal one possible solution.
 Pitchinwoot writes: "This sentence is False," according to this compelling proof: Truth is the shattered mirror strown In myriad bits; while each believes his little bit the whole to own. — The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi, Richard F. Burton, translation
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