How to make chocolate out of nothing

[NickyG]

Ugh, carob. Haven’t had any in probably 25-30 years, and the taste still haunts me. Chocolate gone bad.

[yoyodyne]

Ugh. Never again!

[Entity447B]

Is the first step, “First, create the universe”?

[west]

[deltaecho]

If anyone should require a quick resolution to the “paradox”:

The fourth row of chocolate (after the alteration) is not the same height as all the others; each cell in that row is being reduced so that it is 4/5ths of its original height. (And in the reassembling, leaving the not insignificant gap aids in the illusion that its the same size as the other rows.)

[DonatellaNobody]

@deltaecho

each cell in that row is being reduced so that it is 3/4s of a normal cell

4/5, but yeah, that’s the right idea

[karl_jones]

@deltaecho

The fourth row of chocolate (after the alteration) is not the same height as all the others; each cell in that row is being reduced so that it is 3/4s of a normal cell.

Spoilsport.

I’ll bet you also know the equation proving why Santa Claus does not exist.

“Yes, VIRGINIA, there is no Santa Claus. He is provably non-existent, as certainly as love and generosity and devotion are not subject to mathematical analysis, and you know that mathematics is boundless and gives your life its highest beauty and joy. Believe in Santa Claus? You might as well not believe in paradoxes!”

Oh, it’s sad, I tell you. Sad. Kids today don’t even believe in the Banach–Tarski paradox. Hell, I’m starting to doubt it myself.

Banach–Tarski paradox

[NickyG]

@deltaecho

If anyone should require a quick resolution to the “paradox”:

The fourth row of chocolate (after the alteration) is not the same height as all the others; each cell in that row is being reduced so that it is 4/5ths of its original height. (And in the reassembling, leaving the not insignificant gap aids in the illusion that its the same size as the other rows.)

Thank you for the TLDR I was so very hoping for