July 9, 2024 – William M. Briggs

There Is No Culture Without Inequality: Stove 1

The works of David Stove need wider reading. I had been meaning to do a series reviewing all he wrote, but like the Class I couldn't decide where to start…

Rudolph Harrier on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowNovember 26, 2025
I don't understand your cardinality approach. If I remove an infinite set from another of the same cardinality, the result…
Rudolph Harrier on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowNovember 26, 2025
I've always hated this problem. It's nonsensical, but it's presented as though there is a single way to interpret it…
Paul Fischer on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowNovember 26, 2025
The answer is 0. This is just a geometric series but it's INFINITE. No way will there ever be no…
McChuck on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowNovember 26, 2025
There are apples in the sack at midnight. I offer three distinct proofs. 1) The countably infinite steps are (+10…
Heresolong on The Apples In A Sack Paradox: Solve It Or You Get No Pie TomorrowNovember 26, 2025
This is why I hate probability. But here's my take, and I'll go with P=0. Each action, addition and removal,…