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Teeqoz said:

It's very understandable that people have a hard time understanding it, and it does seem counter-intuitive at first, which is why you have to try to provide proofs that are just as intuitive to understand. However when people start to deny it and claim that the math is wrong, then it's no longer so understandable, as it seems more like a knee-jerk reaction because they don't want to be bothered with understanding the concept, so denouncing it as wrong is simpler. If people don't understand it: that's completely fine. However that doesn't mean they can deny it, because it's still correct.

That said, I agree with what you have written.

Yeah, I'm not arguing the math at all.  I just wanted to add some perspective.  I have no problem with what you've been posting.