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minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·3 days agoAll numbers are concepts.
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoAll numbers are concepts But some numbers are more conceptual
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 days agoAnd infinity still isn’t a number
minus-squarewebadict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·3 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-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-23 days agoinfinite numbers exist: they’re all ∞
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoWhen did I say that?
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoMonday, October 27th, 2025 at 9:16:42 AM GMT-05:00
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoNot seeing it. Maybe you could quote me saying that?
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days ago Right there, above the red line.
minus-square𝕊𝕞𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕖𝕞 𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕥𝕒𝕕𝕚𝕔@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoYes, but not all concepts are numbers
minus-squareits_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 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-up4·3 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-23 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
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.