balderdash@lemmy.zip to memes@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoEDIT: I THINK I STAND CORRECTEDlemmy.zipimagemessage-square221fedilinkarrow-up1344arrow-down155file-text
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I considered deleting the post, but this seems more cowardly than just admitting I was wrong. But TIL something!
minus-squareelrik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year ago once the two sets have reached their value will weigh 100 times less there should be the same number bills in the sets The short answer is that none of these statements apply the way you think to infinite sets.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoHow would you even weigh an infinite number of dollar bills? You’d need an infinite number of assistants to load the dollar bills onto the scale for you, and months to actually do it!
The short answer is that none of these statements apply the way you think to infinite sets.
How would you even weigh an infinite number of dollar bills? You’d need an infinite number of assistants to load the dollar bills onto the scale for you, and months to actually do it!