Current Events > Suppose you have an infinitely large bag.

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The world's largest cockroach can grow up to 6 inches in length.
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Its limited by the speed I can do those actions, as well as how long I am able to do it
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...where are we getting these balls from?
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But wait... it doesn't matter how big the bag is, if we only put 10 balls in we can only take up to 10 out, unless there were already some in there when we put them in.

Unless I'm missing something here?
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so youre adding 9 balls indefinitely

infinite balls
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Valesa posted...

...where are we getting these balls from?

A particularly unethical surgeon.
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DevsBro posted...

Valesa posted...

...where are we getting these balls from?

A particularly unethical surgeon.

I'm ashamed that this made me laugh.
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Doesn't matter how big the bag is. There's still only 10 balls.

So once you take a ball out ten times, the bag is empty.

Valesa posted...

...where are we getting these balls from?

Yeah, it's a bag with infinite storage space. That doesn't mean it can duplicate things.
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Can't fit any balls in because your mom's already in the bag.
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MarbyIsBack posted...

But wait... it doesn't matter how big the bag is, if we only put 10 balls in we can only take up to 10 out, unless there were already some in there when we put them in.

Unless I'm missing something here?

Kisai posted...

Valesa posted...

...where are we getting these balls from?

Yeah, it's a bag with infinite storage space. That doesn't mean it can duplicate things.

You put ten in, take one out.

Then put ten more in, and take one more out.

There's a "net" gain of 9 balls each time.

* I say "net" because "net" gain isn't quite right. There's a manner in which you can remove the balls to ensure 0 balls are in the bag after infinitely many iterations, and others in which you have infinitely many. Basically infinity is weird.
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Davidk9292 posted...

Doesn't matter how big the bag is. There's still only 10 balls.

So once you take a ball out ten times, the bag is empty.

I think you keep putting 10 balls in but take one right back out. So, it's really just like you're putting nine balls in each time. If you have enough balls to add nine balls an infinite amount of times, then you already have an infinite supply of them, regardless of if they're in the bag or not.
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Bout tree fiddy
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Eevee-Trainer posted...

MarbyIsBack posted...

But wait... it doesn't matter how big the bag is, if we only put 10 balls in we can only take up to 10 out, unless there were already some in there when we put them in.

Unless I'm missing something here?

Kisai posted...

Valesa posted...

...where are we getting these balls from?

Yeah, it's a bag with infinite storage space. That doesn't mean it can duplicate things.

You put ten in, take one out.

Then put ten more in, and take one more out.

There's a "net" gain of 9 balls each time.

* I say "net" because "net" gain isn't quite right. There's a manner in which you can remove the balls to ensure 0 balls are in the bag after infinitely many iterations, and others in which you have infinitely many. Basically infinity is weird.

ooohhh I see. I thought the "repeat" part was only applying to the act of taking a ball out for some reason.
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You can only put 1 one more at a time
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Eevee-Trainer posted...

You put ten in, take one out.

Then put ten more in, and take one more out.

There's a "net" gain of 9 balls each time.

Valesa posted...

I think you keep putting 10 balls in but take one right back out. So, it's really just like you're putting nine balls in each time.

Well. I feel stupid now.

DevsBro posted...

Whoops, I meant to put a 0 in the poll instead of a 1.

The poll wouldn't let you put in "0" anyhow; it treats the text field with 0 as just being empty and completely skips it. (Of course, "Zero" is fine.)
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