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Paradox.

The distance between 0 and 1 is equal to 1, right?

If I went halfway from 0 to 1 (i.e., I moved to the 0.5 mark) and then moved halfway from there to the end, and then I moved halfway from where I was to the end, can I ever reach the 1.0 mark?



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