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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Like dividing by ‘0’, you can ‘approach’ it but never arrive there..............


5 posted on 12/20/2024 1:19:31 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

How many rational numbers exist between zero and one?


9 posted on 12/20/2024 1:24:09 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Red Badger
Like dividing by ‘0’, you can ‘approach’ it but never arrive there..............

Reminds me of a similar example my high school science teacher used of standing a distance from the wall and then stepping half the distance toward the wall, and then half that distance, and so on and so on…., but never reaching the wall. I knew it made logical and mathematical sense but it was (and still is) unintuitive mind blowing. Of course, at some point you would be talking about step distances that were smaller than subatomic particles (and continuing to get even smaller), so that thought exercise would test the bounds of other theories eventually.

18 posted on 12/20/2024 1:29:59 PM PST by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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