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B asked in Education & ReferenceWords & Wordplay · 7 years ago

How does that quote/paradox about being trapped go?

all I can recall is that it went something like: a deer in a 1 meter by 1 meter fence is trapped. Is it still trapped if we double each side? What if we extend it to the size of a forest? A country? What if we go until it's all the land it can venture to? Is it still trapped? What if we extend the fence to the planet? The solar system? The Galaxy? The universe? At what point is it no longer trapped?

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    7 years ago

    Remove the word "trapped" and substitute "contained".

    We are trapped and contained on this planet etc.

  • Pwnd
    Lv 4
    7 years ago

    Seems like you have already communicated the thought exercise quite effectively.

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