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To: Fungi

So what’s the point? Not enough material in the universe to write the number. How is it relevant to anything if it can’t be used? Get a life.

One of the purposes of math is to expand our understanding of the universe. Sometimes seemingly impractical or esoteric knowledge can prove useful, or lead to a deeper understanding of other problems. Math is logic.

Long ago, a mathematician invented the concept of zero. What is it? it’s nothing. But it’s probably one of the most powerful discoveries of modern mathematics.


21 posted on 11/28/2022 3:51:44 PM PST by Flick Lives (Cui bono)
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To: Flick Lives

You missed my pint entirely.


22 posted on 11/28/2022 3:53:33 PM PST by Fungi
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To: Flick Lives

Didn’t Seinfeld have a show about that?


25 posted on 11/28/2022 4:03:21 PM PST by GMThrust
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