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Re:The Point of the Banach-Tarski Theorem – not just a curio... by murbard2 on Sunday June 07, 2015 @06:57PM (#9676631)
Do you have an example?
Re:The Point of the Banach-Tarski Theorem – not just a curio... by Strilanc on Monday June 08, 2015 @03:20AM (#9677634)
Presumably the axiom of choice is a good example of something unlikely to be applicable in a real world context. Unless you're trying to anticipate when a rogue mathematician is about to attack, of course.

(Also halting oracles.)