TobyBartels comments on Schelling fences on slippery slopes - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TobyBartels 31 March 2012 05:42:24AM 0 points [-]

if N grains of sand is not a heap then N+1 grains is also not a heap. Therefore 10^1000 grains of sand cannot be a heap, and there are no heaps!

Any feasible number (free PostScript version) of grains of sand is not a heap.