From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!leichter
Newsgroups: net.math
Title: Re: touching
Article-I.D.: yale-com.734
Posted: Wed Jan 26 21:30:53 1983
Received: Sun Jan 30 09:18:45 1983
References: ihlpb.274

...all of which illustrates once again why mathematics exists.  If you insist
on using vague English descriptions "touching"  "occupying the same space"
etc. you will easily produce contradictions.  So what?   Phrase this rigorously
and STILL find a contradiction, and you might have something there.  'Till
then...consider the following "proof".

Thm:  A ham sandwich is better than complete happiness in life.
Pf:  Everyone will agree that nothing is better than complete happiness in
life.

On the other hand, a ham sandwich is better than nothing.

Hence, by the transitivity of "better than", we have our theorem.  QED

							-- Jerry
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