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Good post Briggs. None of these are true paradoxes they are simply places where the model, or assumptions, fail to conform to reality. Very helpful illustrations.

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Chalk is king. Doesn't run out.

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High school math teacher taught us that a divide by zero operation (which is sometimes defined as infinity) can create a result that is "anything you want".

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That's simply not true.

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I found this book to be a great read on the subject of paradoxes of the infinite: https://www.amazon.com/Approaching-Infinity-M-Huemer/dp/113756086X

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