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A Problem Squared
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The Problem With the Perfect Cutting Position
So you're hovering your knife above this sandwich and you're like, oh, I can totally cut this sandwich right here. But if I cut it right here, the left side's bigger than the right side. That would be unfair. And so all this theorem says is there would have been a perfect point where if you'd cut it, then you would have cut the sandwich perfectly in half. that's such a dumb theory. It proves it exists, but is in no way helpful.
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