I propose a thought experiment of sorts.
I claim that in every country there is at least one person from every other country.
If I am mistaken and this is not true then there must exist at least one country in which there is no person from at least one other country.
What do you think /int?
I am already anticipating the first contestant! NK!
No, in every country there *must* exist a person from another country
It is actually very difficult to ascertain unofficial passage of people and that how poor "non-important" countries have a hard time maintaining borders
Traders, criminals, vagabonds, trafficked or even the lost,
I think you are mistaken
North Korea certainly does not have at least one person from every country, and there are many countries that do not have anyone from North Korea
Also I'm sure there are many tiny pacific and carribean island countries that do not have a person from every country
>in every country there is at least one person from every other country
>If I am mistaken and this is not true then there must exist at least one country in which there is no person from at least one other country
I don't see any connection between these two statements
>>58801182
There must not. There may exist a person from another country and there may exist persons from all other countries. But yes, it is very difficult to make sure. That's why this is just a thought experiment.
>>58801255
This is where my line of thought broke down. You say 'certainly' and that you are 'sure', but for me these places, most notably NK are like black boxes. I can not be sure or say something about them with certainty. Though I share your sentiment that it is most unlikely.
>>58801311
It's basic logic... did I mess something up terribly?
I have been up for three days so I might have some flukes in my thoughts.
>>58801082
Do you really think small islands like Nauru, Tuvalu and others like that have one person of each country living there?
>>58801424
not likely since some countries are tiny and too poor to travel to every country
like nauru to angola
>>58801502
>>58801496
I agree it is not likely, but I still like to toy with the possibility.
After all, there are only 197 countries in the world. That's not a lot of people to have it covered.
>>58801566
statistically yes
197 are not all created equal
as say france and germany you can say millions of people from those countries have been to the other but versus statistically small sample and countries the probablity is exceedingly low
not because there are only so many countries but because there are too many countries, ie, if africa was one whole country then you could be right
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_least_populous_countries
Damn it! It keeps seeming less and less likely with these micro nations.
>>58801082
North Koreans in the Vatican?
>>58801748
Why not? There might be a North Korean spy there, spying after God and his servants. And there might be a Vatican spy in North Korea spying after their "God".
