▲ 287 ▼ EDIT: I THINK I STAND CORRECTED (lemmy.zip) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by balderdash9@lemmy.zip to c/memes@lemmy.world 218 comments fedilink hide all child comments I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!
[–] Asifall@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) But clearly, if we add up all the infinite fractions between 0 and 1, they would add up to 1. Um no? 3/4 + 5/6 > 1 If you mean the series 1/2 + 1/3 + 1/4 + … that also tends to infinity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip [S] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I meant to say that we can infinitely divide the numbers between 0 and 1 and then match each with an integer. But I realized that the former wouldn't be rational numbers, they would be real numbers. That aside, I see now that the original idea behind the meme was mistaken. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip [S] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) I meant to say that we can infinitely divide the numbers between 0 and 1 and then match each with an integer. But I realized that the former wouldn't be rational numbers, they would be real numbers. That aside, I see now that the original idea behind the meme was mistaken. permalink fedilink source parent
