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by rudle 5472 days ago
Grossly misleading headline.

The real title of the question is: "I need mathematical proof that the distance from zero to 1 is the equal to the distance from 1 to 2"

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either way, i'm finding this thread highly entertaining and victorian. here is a gem -

No matter what I said to him, he just disregarded offhandedly. I am so upset that I want to punch him in the face, but I would rather get the proofs and show him that he is completely wrong. To me this would be the equivalent of slapping him on the face with a gauntlet

80 character limit makes it difficult to fit all that in.
"I need a proof that the distances between '0 and 1' and '1 and 2' are equal"