Fermat's Paradox: The Great Pizza Delivery Dilemma
In the world of math, there are some things we can count on, but pizza delivery is not one of them. Pierre de Fermat, the great mathematician, posed a paradox so mind-bending it'll make you wonder if you ever really understood math in the first place.
Imagine you're at home, craving a pizza. You order one online, but the delivery person gets lost on the way. You call to ask where they are, and they claim to be stuck in front of a house with the address 123 Main St. You check your address, and sure enough, you see a car parked in front of 123 Main St. But here's the thing: it's not your house.
This is Fermat's Paradox: if the pizza delivery person is in front of 123 Main St, and you're on 123 Main St, then why are you not getting your pizza? Is it a paradox, or is it just a pizza delivery person who got lost?
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