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glimshetoday at 3:02 AM1 replyview on HN

Try to come up with a set non-colinear points where NO line passes through two and ONLY TWO points and you'll see the value of the statement.

You may think "I'm sure I can arrange these points in a way where EVERY line will cross three or more points" but you will fail if you try unless ALL points are colinear.


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scythetoday at 3:31 AM

This is true for finite sets. For infinite sets, the Sierpinski triangle is a counterexample.