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minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 day agoAll numbers are concepts.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoAll numbers are concepts But some numbers are more conceptual
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoAnd infinity still isn’t a number
minus-squarewebadict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·18 hours agoMisleading, 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.
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoinfinite numbers exist: they’re all ∞
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoWhen did I say that?
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoMonday, October 27th, 2025 at 9:16:42 AM GMT-05:00
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoNot seeing it. Maybe you could quote me saying that?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day ago Right there, above the red line.
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoYes, but not all concepts are numbers
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoExactly! The disqualifier for infinity isn’t the fact that it’s a concept, it’s because it doesn’t behave like a number.
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoAh okay: Infinity is a concept, but is NOT a measurable quantity or unit and thus is not a number
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day agoWell 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.
All numbers are concepts.
All numbers are concepts
But some numbers are more conceptual
And infinity still isn’t a number
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.
infinite numbers exist: they’re all ∞
When did I say that?
Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 9:16:42 AM GMT-05:00
Not seeing it. Maybe you could quote me saying that?
Right there, above the red line.
Yes, but not all concepts are numbers
Exactly! The disqualifier for infinity isn’t the fact that it’s a concept, it’s because it doesn’t behave like a number.
Ah okay: Infinity is a concept, but is NOT a measurable quantity or unit and thus is not a number
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.