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IncreasePosts on March 2, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: How does the sky turn dark at night?

Why must that be the case? You can sum an infinite series to any arbitrarily small number you want.

ben_w on March 3, 2024 [–]

Only when you have a free choice over the sum, which you don't in this case: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Olbers%27_Paradox.svg

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