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#1 2006-09-11 23:38:03

Dross
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Registered: 2006-08-24
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Everybody is the same person - irrefutable proof!

Proof by induction:

Let P(n) be the statement "any set of n people are the same person".

Now, obviously P(1) is true, since in any set of one person, all the members of that set are the same person.

Now, assume that P(n) is true for n = k. Then consider the set of k+1 people. By removing one of these people, we see that the other k people are the same person, by our assumption. Now by placing the removed back in the set and taking another person out, we see that every person in the set is, again, the same person by our assumption. So the collection of k+1 people are all the same person.

So P(1) is true, and P(k)

P(k+1), so any set of n people are, in fact, the same person.


Bad speling makes me [sic]

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#2 2006-09-13 00:23:15

Ninja 101
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Registered: 2006-02-20
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Re: Everybody is the same person - irrefutable proof!

WHAAAAAAAAAA?????? faint


Chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being saught. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.

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#3 2006-09-18 12:28:26

coolcat23
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Registered: 2006-06-21
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Re: Everybody is the same person - irrefutable proof!

uh..............................faint


The world revolves around me. Deal with it. cool

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#4 2006-09-19 04:37:23

Devantè
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Registered: 2006-07-14
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Re: Everybody is the same person - irrefutable proof!

Dross wrote:

Proof by induction:

Let P(n) be the statement "any set of n people are the same person".

Now, obviously P(1) is true, since in any set of one person, all the members of that set are the same person.

Now, assume that P(n) is true for n = k. Then consider the set of k+1 people. By removing one of these people, we see that the other k people are the same person, by our assumption. Now by placing the removed back in the set and taking another person out, we see that every person in the set is, again, the same person by our assumption. So the collection of k+1 people are all the same person.

So P(1) is true, and P(k)

P(k+1), so any set of n people are, in fact, the same person.

Very funny. smile

Nice joke. I like things like this.

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