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Can you solve the pile of sand problem?
Asked by nikipedia (28071)
July 30th, 2008
(Better known as Sorites paradox, first posed by Eubulides of Miletus.)
Start with a pile of sand. Take away a grain. Is it still a pile? Okay, take away another grain. How about now? And another? And another? At what point does it cease to be a pile?
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