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Veraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

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Veraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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  • its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    All numbers are concepts.

    • Brave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uk
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      All numbers are concepts

      But some numbers are more conceptual

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      And infinity still isn’t a number

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        Misleading, at best, factually incorrect at worst.

        Infinity is a number, unless your problem is that the indefinite article was there, but it is a number.

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        infinite numbers exist: they’re all ∞

      • its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        When did I say that?

        • xia@lemmy.sdf.org
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          Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 9:16:42 AM GMT-05:00

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            Not seeing it. Maybe you could quote me saying that?

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              Right there, above the red line.

    • 𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.world
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      Yes, but not all concepts are numbers

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        Exactly! The disqualifier for infinity isn’t the fact that it’s a concept, it’s because it doesn’t behave like a number.

        • 𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.world
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          Ah okay: Infinity is a concept, but is NOT a measurable quantity or unit and thus is not a number

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            Well said. Another example is (infinity)+1=(infinity)

            If you subtract infinity from both sides you’re left with 1=0. Which is impossible. Similar things happen with multiplication and division.

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