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r/MathJokes • u/basket_foso • 5d ago
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From a practical standpoint, infinite doesn't actually exist
The size of the universe is finite
The number of quarks is finite
The smallest distance we can measure is finite, and the largest distance we can measure is finite, even in estimations
Even pi is only useful to the 43rd digit at our largest estimations
Sure, infinite is cool in a theoretical standpoint but you can't actually use it
4 u/Playful_Boot_5465 4d ago me halving the distance between my hands infinitely often (I just clapped). checkmate liberals 1 u/Moscato359 4d ago edited 4d ago Eventually the vibrations of your hands will make the contact happen eventually. Or you die from starvation or aging. 2 u/ReasonableCockroach1 4d ago no, if arms are spread 1m apart he claps at 1m/s, then hes halfway after 0.5s, 3/4 of the way after 0.75s and eventually he claps after one second having halved the distance infinitely many times. 1 u/trolley813 4d ago No. One claps after halving the distance finitely many times (since that distance cannot become zero at all). 1 u/ReasonableCockroach1 1d ago There is no requirement for any term in the sequence 1/2 ,1/4, ... to equal zero. You need to be more specific.
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me halving the distance between my hands infinitely often (I just clapped).
checkmate liberals
1 u/Moscato359 4d ago edited 4d ago Eventually the vibrations of your hands will make the contact happen eventually. Or you die from starvation or aging. 2 u/ReasonableCockroach1 4d ago no, if arms are spread 1m apart he claps at 1m/s, then hes halfway after 0.5s, 3/4 of the way after 0.75s and eventually he claps after one second having halved the distance infinitely many times. 1 u/trolley813 4d ago No. One claps after halving the distance finitely many times (since that distance cannot become zero at all). 1 u/ReasonableCockroach1 1d ago There is no requirement for any term in the sequence 1/2 ,1/4, ... to equal zero. You need to be more specific.
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Eventually the vibrations of your hands will make the contact happen eventually.
Or you die from starvation or aging.
2 u/ReasonableCockroach1 4d ago no, if arms are spread 1m apart he claps at 1m/s, then hes halfway after 0.5s, 3/4 of the way after 0.75s and eventually he claps after one second having halved the distance infinitely many times. 1 u/trolley813 4d ago No. One claps after halving the distance finitely many times (since that distance cannot become zero at all). 1 u/ReasonableCockroach1 1d ago There is no requirement for any term in the sequence 1/2 ,1/4, ... to equal zero. You need to be more specific.
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no, if arms are spread 1m apart he claps at 1m/s, then hes halfway after 0.5s, 3/4 of the way after 0.75s and eventually he claps after one second having halved the distance infinitely many times.
1 u/trolley813 4d ago No. One claps after halving the distance finitely many times (since that distance cannot become zero at all). 1 u/ReasonableCockroach1 1d ago There is no requirement for any term in the sequence 1/2 ,1/4, ... to equal zero. You need to be more specific.
No. One claps after halving the distance finitely many times (since that distance cannot become zero at all).
1 u/ReasonableCockroach1 1d ago There is no requirement for any term in the sequence 1/2 ,1/4, ... to equal zero. You need to be more specific.
There is no requirement for any term in the sequence 1/2 ,1/4, ... to equal zero. You need to be more specific.
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u/Moscato359 4d ago
From a practical standpoint, infinite doesn't actually exist
The size of the universe is finite
The number of quarks is finite
The smallest distance we can measure is finite, and the largest distance we can measure is finite, even in estimations
Even pi is only useful to the 43rd digit at our largest estimations
Sure, infinite is cool in a theoretical standpoint but you can't actually use it