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A Single Element Won't Span

March 7, 2018Original blog post

A Matrix joke: Neo won't cross a carbon bridge because a single element won't span (a 3D space).

Transcript

"Why won't Neo cross a bridge that's made of carbon?" "He knows a single element won't span." Neo: "Nice try, but this is a 3D space."

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-03-07-a-single-element-won-t-span/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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