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This parable also embodies the Principle of Least Action, as the ostensibly paradoxical payments by the owner was the least action for him.

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Set theory, not recognized until 1873, is also illustrated by this parable.

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The famous saying by Yogi Berra illustrates the counter-intuitive truth of this parable: "It ain't over till its over!"

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This parable also echos the truth of the Coase theorem, whereby success (happiness) is available at any time to anyone, because the future has primacy over the past.

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The powerful logic of this parable fits perfectly with the concept of infinity, which is typically the same however it is reached. At the time of Jesus the concept of infinity was not accepted, and this parable laid the foundation for the uni

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But suppose the master paid the later workers even more. Then the logic would be more like the Widow's Mite, which is one of the few Omissions in Matthew. And, indeed, there can be greater infinities.

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This illustrates the value of openmindedness, charity, and the availability of full salvation and paradise even late in life.

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and apparently he has infinite wealth. The objections are illogical to his spending his infinite wealth.

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A silver lining to the parable is how it demonstrates that communism can create more jealousy than capitalism does, through the jealousy of those who work less and yet get paid as much.

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In a mere sixteen verses at Matthew 1-16, Jesus explains surprising truths about infinity, zero, and set theory. It would take nearly 20 centuries before mathematicians caught up.