Tristram Shandy paradox
Tristram Shandy paradox a paradox of infinity, named after the eponymous hero of Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy (1759–67), who concluded that it was hopeless to attempt writing his autobiography since at the end of two years he had recorded the events of only the first two days of his life.
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