<![CDATA[Infinity isn't a number &amp; if you try to treat it like one it gets mad at you - and you won't like it when it's mad.]]>Infinity isn't a number & if you try to treat it like one it gets mad at you - and you won't like it when it's mad.

Well, he doesn't say that - but that's my interpretation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqU9onfl5eA

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No, you're missing the point. What he said isn't true, that's why it isn't "weird" - to be weird it would have to be true, which it isn't. Cantor's rubbish was rejected by Mathematicians as such
https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/115642725878742794

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"Well, it's weird for us non-mathematicians" - no, it's not weird as in it's not true https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/115642725878742794

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Not only is it not a number, it's not "weird" either. Dude is just going for clickbait https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/115642725878742794

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dotnet.social/users/SmartmanApps/statuses/116587217691087320https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dotnet.social/users/SmartmanApps/statuses/116587217691087320Sun, 17 May 2026 01:02:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Infinity isn't a number &amp; if you try to treat it like one it gets mad at you - and you won't like it when it's mad. on Fri, 15 May 2026 09:13:47 GMT]]>@jwcph bring it on!

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