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The fallacy is often described in form of a conversation: :Q: Does one Grain of wheat form a Heap ? :A: No. :Q: If we add one, do two grains of wheat form a heap? :A: No. :Q: If we add one, do three grains of wheat form a heap? :A: No. :... :Q: If we add one, do one hundred grains of wheat form a heap? :A: No. :Q: Therefore, no matter how many grains of wheat we add, we will never have a heap. Therefore, heaps don't exist! Other examples of this fallacy prove that no one has a Beard , no matter how long it is (or that everyone has a beard, no matter how cleanly Shave n), because a beard can have varying lengths, that no one can be Bald (or that everyone is bald) because there are people with varying quantities of Hair , or that Language s don't exist because they are in a Dialect Continuum . SEE ALSO |
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