marciosmg on 05 July 2008
This paradox shows that Mathematics is abstract and can´t always be taken to a literal context in real life.
There´s this joke - One engineer, one physicist and one mathematician are called to calculate how much water would be needed to put out a large fire.
After 5 hours, the engineer says: "You need 10,000 gallons of water".
After 12 hours later, the physicist says: "You need 9,932.56 gallons of water".
After 3 days, the mathematician says: "Your problem has an answer and it is unique"
Got it?
