I wrote a thing about this and have submitted it in the past. Actually, I've realised I submitted it more than once. Each time there was a small amount of conversation that discussed this point. If you You might be interested.
I think this pre-dates Matt talking about this fun, and he may have got it from me, but he may also have got it from the same place I got it, which was (probably) Martin Gardner.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12998899 : 45 comments
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3995615 : 59 comments
I think this pre-dates Matt talking about this fun, and he may have got it from me, but he may also have got it from the same place I got it, which was (probably) Martin Gardner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner