The Uncovered Infinite
When ice splits indefinitely, the distance from the left side of ice to the right side of ice will increase indefinitely which has the following consequences:
- the amount of ice before / after splitting remains the same, while the area of water (which holds ice) shrinks, then it is not an infinite division, but rather the shrinking of water, converting to ice, so that there is no limitless division.
- the amount of ice before / after splitting remains the same, while the area of water (which contains ice) increases, then this violates the axioma (the total amount of ice + water exceeds itself)
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