Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski

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I went to a comedy show today with my family and it started with a line about the Banach-Tarski paradox.

I can never hear about the Banach-Tarski paradox - which has surprisingly happened a couple of times - without thinking about where I first encountered it, namely as a safeword in Harmonic Function, a McShep kinky smut fic by shaenie. It's funny (and a little awkward) every time.

(The comedian explained Banach-Tarski and then said it basically applies to problems: if you have a problem and separate it into two problems, these problems can both be as big as the original problem. Sad but true.)

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[isis]

Have you seen the amazing boppy Banach-Tarski vid by Matematikrevyen? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFvokQUHh08

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I had not, thank you xD

[nonesensed]

😆😆😆😆 That is hilarious - I hope the comedian's full act was as funny as that inside-joke-with-self 💖

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It was a good comedy show :)