TITLE: Partition of R into midpoint convex sets
QUESTION [9 upvotes]: We say that a subset $X$ of $\mathbb{R}$ is midpoint convex if for any two points $a,b\in X$ the midpoint $\frac{a+b}{2}$ also lies in $X$. 
My question is: is it possible to partition $\mathbb{R}$ into two midpoint convex sets in a non-trivial way? 
(trivial way is $\mathbb{R}=(-\infty,a]\cup(a,+\infty)$ or $\mathbb{R}=(-\infty,a)\cup[a,+\infty)$)

REPLY [13 votes]: well, if we assume that $A$ and $B$ are measurable then at least one of them (say A) should have positive measure, and since A+A for a set of positive measure contains an interval, A contains and interval, say $(a,b)$. Then I think it is easy to show that for the maximal interval of this type $a$ or $b$ must be infinity, since otherwise, by taking two sequences in $B$ converging from different sides, you get a contradiction.
Solovey has constructed models of ZF in which every set is measurable, so I think this implies you need something like AC.