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by neilpanchal 1235 days ago
> Ultimately, we are still beholden to the pigeonhole principle, and we cannot create information out of thin air.

*Looks up pigeonhole principle*: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeonhole_principle

> If 5 pigeons occupy 4 holes, then there must be some hole with at least 2 pigeons.

This is so obvious.

> This seemingly obvious statement, a type of counting argument, can be used to demonstrate possibly unexpected results. For example, given that the population of London is greater than the maximum number of hairs that can be present on a human's head, then the pigeonhole principle requires that there must be at least two people in London who have the same number of hairs on their heads.

Oh...

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Yes, it’s zero, and there are half a million of them.
The proof works, even if you exclude bald people.