Veraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 months agoBig Numberssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1433arrow-down122
arrow-up1411arrow-down1imageBig Numberssh.itjust.worksVeraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down1·2 months agoInfinity ain’t a number though, it’s a concept
minus-squareSnowmenMelt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·2 months agoWell done you just invented ordinals
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThe awful handegg team from Arizona or the pretty good stickball outfit from St Louis?
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 months agoNah, you’re confusing them with the highest ranking navy position
minus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoThat’s a slightly bigger concept.
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoAll numbers are concepts.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoAll numbers are concepts But some numbers are more conceptual
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoAnd infinity still isn’t a number
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoWhen did I say that?
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoMonday, October 27th, 2025 at 9:16:42 AM GMT-05:00
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoNot seeing it. Maybe you could quote me saying that?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months ago Right there, above the red line.
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoinfinite numbers exist: they’re all ∞
minus-squarewebadict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months 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-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoYes, but not all concepts are numbers
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months 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-up4·2 months 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-22 months 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.
Infinity ain’t a number though, it’s a concept
What about infinity +1
Well done you just invented ordinals
The awful handegg team from Arizona or the pretty good stickball outfit from St Louis?
Nah, you’re confusing them with the highest ranking navy position
That’s a slightly bigger concept.
All numbers are concepts.
All numbers are concepts
But some numbers are more conceptual
And infinity still isn’t a number
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.
infinite numbers exist: they’re all ∞
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.
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.