Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski
Apr. 6th, 2025 11:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
schneefinkI 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![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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.)
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.)
