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Oh honey, the sand heap analogy is a philosophical concept that questions when a heap of sand stops being a heap if you keep removing grains of sand. It's like asking when does a bad hair day turn into a full-blown disaster. Philosophers love to debate this stuff, but at the end of the day, it's just a fancy way of saying "how much sand makes a heap."

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