Veraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 12 days agoBig Numberssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1431arrow-down122
arrow-up1409arrow-down1imageBig Numberssh.itjust.worksVeraven@sh.itjust.works to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up43arrow-down1·12 days agoInfinity ain’t a number though, it’s a concept
minus-squareSnowmenMelt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·12 days agoWell done you just invented ordinals
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoThe awful handegg team from Arizona or the pretty good stickball outfit from St Louis?
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-211 days agoNah, you’re confusing them with the highest ranking navy position
minus-squarepruwyben@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 days agoThat’s a slightly bigger concept.
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·12 days agoAll numbers are concepts.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·12 days agoAll numbers are concepts But some numbers are more conceptual
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·12 days agoAnd infinity still isn’t a number
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·12 days agoWhen did I say that?
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoMonday, October 27th, 2025 at 9:16:42 AM GMT-05:00
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoNot seeing it. Maybe you could quote me saying that?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·12 days ago Right there, above the red line.
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-211 days agoinfinite numbers exist: they’re all ∞
minus-squarewebadict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·11 days 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-up9·12 days agoYes, but not all concepts are numbers
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·12 days 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-up4·11 days 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-211 days 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.