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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.
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.