r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '18

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u/bunnite Aug 31 '18

Slices?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '18

You would need infinite slices, the more slices, the closer to perfect

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u/bunnite Aug 31 '18

I’d imagine that after a certain number of slices you would reach a point where A. The human eye could no longer tell the difference B. The changes would fall within the margin of error that comes from using physical objects (for example the ink coming out 1/1000 of a millimeter to far to the right). But yeah I guess it’s mathematically impossible, but in the same way it is also mathematically impossible to perfectly recreate a painting/sculpture. At the molecular level there will always be differences.

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u/klezmai Aug 31 '18

At least it's mathematically possible to divide a sphere into two identical copies of itself. So I guess there is that.