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RE: The Mathematics of Fractional Reserve Banking

Zenon, was also using the example: "a horse court and Achilles running a whole circle around it" :)

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Yes. That, or the tortoise one. They essentially boil down to the same mathematical question, although, I am not sure if the philosophical questions are the same.

Surprisingly enough, there is an ancient Chinese saying (independent of Zeno) which states "Take a stick and each day remove half of it, and it will never be exhausted."