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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
In the interest of melting a brain or two, please consider "The least integer not nameable in fewer than nineteen syllables." A phrase that itself has only 18 syllables.
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Eh...
Because I'm lazy, I did a Google "paradoxes" search. Here's a fun one...
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Originally Posted by http://members.aol.com/kiekeben/infinity.html
Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) made the following interesting point regarding the shape of an infinite circle. The curvature of a circle's circumference decreases as the size of the circle increases. For example, the curvature of the earth's surface is so negligible that it appears flat. The limit of decrease in curvature is a straight line.
An infinite circle is therefore... a straight line!
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Of, course... you can't have a straight circle...