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by lordgrenville
1371 days ago
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> A funny story about someone who was an ultrafinitist: > -Do you believe in 1? > -Yes, he responded immediately > -Do you believe in 2? > -Yes, he responded after a brief pause > -Do you believe in 3? > -Yes, he responded after a slightly longer pause > -Do you believe in 4? > -Yes, after several seconds > It soon become clear that he would take twice as long to answer the next question as the previous one. (I believe Alexander Esesin-Volpin was the person.) https://math.stackexchange.com/a/532/687466 |
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