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divinitia t1_jauqhln wrote

Reply to comment by inactiveuser247 in [OC] Wikipedia Edits by Day, 2001–2010 by ptgorman

If you fill a jar with peanuts and then stop doing so, does the number of peanuts in the jar start decreasing?

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inactiveuser247 t1_javh3kp wrote

Can you tell how many peanuts are in the jar by counting how many times you take a peanut out of the jar, dust it off and then put it back?

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divinitia t1_javkibt wrote

You never take a peanut out of the jar, since I never mentioned doing so.

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inactiveuser247 t1_jawgefw wrote

Sure, because your analogy isn’t equivalent to the original issue.

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divinitia t1_jawhai7 wrote

But...it...is?

Just because you stop doing something, doesn't mean the reverse starts happening.

That's the equivalence.

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