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The Heap Paradox
when does a heap stop being a heap?
1,000,000 grains of sand make a heap. Taking away 1 grain from a heap still leaves a heap. Repeat that step again and again, and you conclude that 1 grain of sand, or even 0, is a heap, which is absurd.
Source: A classic puzzle, retold by INFINITE SUM and fact-checked against our curated notes
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