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farineziq t1_j292xsd wrote

Reply to comment by navetzz in There’s just as many numbers between 0 and 1 as there is from 0 to infinity. by Resinate1

Op is right. Cardinality of the Continuum: "Between any two real numbers a < b, no matter how close they are to each other, there are always infinitely many other real numbers, and Cantor showed that they are as many as those contained in the whole set of real numbers. In other words, the open interval (a,b) is equinumerous with {R} ."

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M8dude t1_j2927ms wrote

Reply to comment by eegocentrik in There’s just as many numbers between 0 and 1 as there is from 0 to infinity. by Resinate1

Look up the definition of 'Number'.

here, i'll help you:

> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number

and if that's too difficult, here's the relevant part:

> In mathematics, the notion of a number has been extended over the centuries to include zero (0), negative numbers, rational numbers such as one half ...

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tone88988 t1_j290hpt wrote

Reply to Ever wonder if anyone else on the globe was ever watching the same exact show at the same timestamp by Double-Working1990

I think about this kind of thing a lot actually. I wonder all the time how many people are doing the exact same thing I am at any given moment. And then I think about if they might be thinking about me doing the same thing they’re doing as well and all of us are worse off for not paying attention to what we’re doing. Bunch of friggin ADHDudes out here.

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